Thirteen Classics
| Thirteen Classics | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Shísānjīng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Sap6saam1ging1 |
| Transcriptions | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Sipsamgyeong |
| Transcriptions | |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Jūsangyō |
The Thirteen Classics (
culture and thought.[1]
It includes all of the Four Books and Five Classics but organizes them differently and includes the Classic of Filial Piety and Erya.
List
The classics are:
- Classic of Changesor I Ching (易經 Yìjīng)
- Book of Documents (書經 Shūjīng)
- Classic of Poetry (詩經 Shījīng)
- The Three Ritual Classics (三禮 Sānlǐ)
- Rites of Zhou (周禮 Zhōulǐ)
- Ceremonies and Rites(儀禮 Yílǐ)
- Book of Rites (禮記 Lǐjì)
- The Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals
- The Commentary of Zuo (左傳 Zuǒzhuàn)
- The Commentary of Gongyang (公羊傳 Gōngyáng Zhuàn)
- The Commentary of Guliang (穀梁傳 Gǔliáng Zhuàn)
- The Analects (論語 Lúnyǔ)
- Classic of Filial Piety(孝經 Xiàojīng)
- Erya (爾雅 Ěryǎ), a dictionary and encyclopedia
- Mencius (孟子 Mèngzǐ)
History
The tradition of a defined group of "classics" in Chinese culture dates at least to the
Southern Song dynasty, the number and specific books in the "thirteen classics" were universally established. The Thirteen Classics formed the texts used in the Imperial examinations
, and their 600,000+ characters, in effect words, were generally required to be memorized in order to pass.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-674-00249-4.
- ISBN 978-0-7914-4114-5.
Further reading
- Goldin, Paul R. (2001). "The Thirteen Classics". In ISBN 0-231-10984-9.
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