Four Books and Five Classics

The Four Books and the Five Classics (Chinese: 四書五經; pinyin: Sìshū Wǔjīng) are authoritative and important books associated with Confucianism, written before 300 BC. They are traditionally believed to have been either written, edited or commented by Confucius or one of his disciples. Starting in the Han dynasty, they became the core of the Chinese classics on which students were tested in the Imperial examination system.

Four Books and Five Classics
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese四書五經
Simplified Chinese四书五经
Hanyu PinyinSìshū Wǔjīng
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetTứ thư Ngũ kinh
Chữ Hán四書五經
Korean name
Hangul사서오경
Hanja四書五經
Japanese name
Kanji四書五経
Kanaし​しょごきょう
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