Great Learning

The Great Learning or Daxue was one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism attributed to one of Confucius' disciples, Zengzi. The Great Learning had come from a chapter in the Book of Rites which formed one of the Five Classics. It consists of a short main text of the teachings of Confucius transcribed by Zengzi and then ten commentary chapters supposedly written by Zengzi. The ideals of the book were attributed to Confucius, but the text was written by Zengzi after his death.

Great Learning
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinDàxué
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetĐại Học
Chữ Hán大學
Korean name
Hangul대학
Hanja大學
Japanese name
Kanji大学
Kanaだいがく

The "Four Books" were selected by the neo-Confucian Zhu Xi during the Song dynasty as a foundational introduction to Confucianism. Examinations for the state civil service in China came to follow his lead.

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