Thirteen Classics

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The Thirteen Classics are a canonical collection of ancient Chinese Confucian texts that became the core curriculum for imperial examinations and scholarly study for centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese classic texts collection
Confucian canon
canonicalStatus Confucian canon NERFINISHED
compiledIn Song dynasty NERFINISHED
coreCurriculumFor civil service examinations in China
countryOfOrigin China
culture Chinese
field Chinese history
Chinese literature
Chinese philosophy
followedBy Four Books and Five Classics NERFINISHED
hasPart Analects NERFINISHED
Book of Changes NERFINISHED
Book of Documents NERFINISHED
Book of Songs NERFINISHED
Ceremonies and Rites NERFINISHED
Chunqiu Zuozhuan NERFINISHED
Classic of Filial Piety NERFINISHED
Erya NERFINISHED
Erya dictionary NERFINISHED
Gongyang Zhuan NERFINISHED
Guliang Zhuan NERFINISHED
Li Ji NERFINISHED
Lunyu NERFINISHED
Mencius NERFINISHED
Mengzi NERFINISHED
Record of Rites NERFINISHED
Rites of Zhou NERFINISHED
Shang Shu NERFINISHED
Shi Jing NERFINISHED
Spring and Autumn Annals NERFINISHED
Xiaojing NERFINISHED
Yi Li NERFINISHED
Zhou Li NERFINISHED
Zhou Yi NERFINISHED
inCanonOf East Asian Confucian tradition
influenced Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
language Classical Chinese
precededBy Five Classics NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Confucianism NERFINISHED
studiedBy Chinese scholar-officials
subjectMatter cosmology
ethics
philology
political philosophy
ritual
timePeriod Imperial China NERFINISHED
usedFor imperial examinations
scholarly study

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Book of Songs partOf Thirteen Classics