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Confucian Literature
The Five Classic Texts and the Four Books
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
11/01/2010

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The Book of History
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is an anthology of supposedly historical material about kings from earliest times up until the early Zhou period
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The Book of Poetry
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is a collection of three hundred poems of the Zhou period, once believed to be chosen by Confucious
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The Book of Changes
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speaks of the basic pattern of the universe. Used to understand future events and to work with them properly
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The Book of Rites
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lists ancient ceremonies and their meaning.
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The Spring and Autumn Annals
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allegedly comprises historical records of the state of Lu
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The Great Learning
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is a short discussion of the character and influence of the noble person
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The Doctrine of the Mean
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another work taken from the Book of Rites, speaks in praise of "the mean" or equilibrium
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The Mencius
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is a long collection of the teachings of Mencius
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