Four Books

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Chinese classic text collection Confucian classic philosophical text collection

The Four Books are a collection of Confucian classics that became the foundational texts for moral philosophy and official education in imperial China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese classic text collection ⓘ
Confucian classic ⓘ
philosophical text collection ⓘ
becameCoreCurriculumIn Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulationRegion East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
compilationCentury 12th century ⓘ
compiledBy Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ
compilerInstanceOf Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCommentaryBy Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
educationalRole introductory curriculum to Confucian learning ⓘ
focusesOn filial piety ⓘ
humaneness (ren) ⓘ
ritual propriety (li) ⓘ
the Mean (zhongyong) NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Way (dao) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Analects NERFINISHED ⓘ
Doctrine of the Mean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Learning NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
inCanonOf Chinese classics ⓘ
influenced East Asian education ⓘ
Japanese Confucianism ⓘ
Korean Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnamese Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Five Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheme ethics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
proper governance ⓘ
self-cultivation ⓘ
relatedConcept Confucian moral education ⓘ
civil service examination system ⓘ
religiousTradition Confucianism ⓘ
standardizedBy Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusInImperialChina authoritative canon ⓘ
targetAudience scholar-officials ⓘ
students preparing for examinations ⓘ
textualForm anthology of earlier sayings and treatises ⓘ
usedFor imperial civil service examinations ⓘ
official education in imperial China ⓘ

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Chinese imperial examination system → coreText → Four Books ⓘ
Great Learning → partOf → Four Books ⓘ
Doctrine of the Mean → partOf → Four Books ⓘ
Mencius → partOf → Four Books ⓘ
Neo-Confucianism → textualFocus → Four Books ⓘ
imperial academy → curriculumIncluded → Four Books ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Academy (Vietnam)