4th-century books

collection of fables

bible translation

gnostic text

Philogelos (), also titled or subtitled The Jests of Hierocles and Philagrius, is a Greek-language book published in late antiquity that is the oldest known surviving collection of jokes.

Christian collection of eight treatises which belongs to genre of the Church Orders

thumb|Laojun rushan fu "Lord Laozi|Lao's amulet for entering mountains" from Baopuzi Inner Chapter 17 Baopuzi () is a literary work written by Ge Hong (AD 283–343), (), a scholar during the turbulent Jin dynasty.

4th century Coptic manuscript

4th-century Syrian Ancient church order

thumb|300px|Theagenes receiving the palm of honour from Chariclea by Abraham Bloemaert, 1626 ([[Mauritshuis)]] The Aethiopica (; , , 'Ethiopian Stories') or Theagenes and Chariclea (; , ) is an ancient Greek novel which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD. It was written by Heliodorus of Emesa and is his only known work.

4th-century CE Chinese compilation of legends and stories

anti-Christian polemic by Roman emperor Julian

thumb | right | alt=Epiphanius. Panarion. Edition of 1544 | Epiphanius. Panarion. Edition of 1544 In early Christian heresiology, the Panarion (, derived from Latin , meaning "bread basket"), to which 16th-century Latin translations gave the name Adversus Haereses (Latin: "Against Heresies"), is the most important of the works of Epiphanius of Salamis. It was written in Koine Greek beginning in AD 374 or 375, and issued about three years later, as a treatise on heresies, with its title referring to the text as a "stock of remedies to offset the poisons of heresy." It treats 80 religious sects,

The Huahujing (also romanized as Hua Hu Ching) is a Taoist work, traditionally attributed to Laozi. No extant versions exist today apart from quotations in a partial manuscript discovered in the Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, in China.

gazetteer of a region of China

The Abhidharma-samuccaya (Sanskrit; ; English: "Compendium of Abhidharma") is a Buddhist text composed by Asaṅga. The Abhidharma-samuccaya is a systematic account of Abhidharma. According to J. W. de Jong it is also "one of the most important texts of the Yogācāra school." According to Frauwallner, this text is based on the Abhidharma of the Mahīśāsaka tradition.

work by Eusebius

The Misopogon ('Beard-Hater') is a satirical essay on philosophers by the Roman Emperor Julian. It was written in Classical Greek. The satire was written in Antioch in February or March 363, not long before Julian departed for his fateful Persian campaign.

4th century Chinese mythological / historical treatise compiled by Wang Jia

The Mahāyānasaṃgraha (MSg) (Sanskrit; , Tibetan: theg pa chen po bsdus pa), or the Mahāyāna Compendium/Summary, is a key work of the Yogācāra school of Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophy, attributed to Asanga (c. 310–390 CE). The MSg is a comprehensive work on the central doctrines and practices of the Yogacara school. It was translated into Chinese by Paramartha (499–567 CE) and became the central text of the Shelun school. Although no Sanskrit original has been found, the work survives in Tibetan (Tohoku, 4050; Peking, 5551.) and Chinese translations (Taishō Tripiṭaka 1592, 1593, 1594), together w

ancient Chinese short story collection

literary work

theological text written by St. Augustine of Hippo

4th- or 5th-century Taoist text by Guo Pu

collection of jataka tales translated from Central Asian languages into Chinese in the 4th century and then into Tibetan in the 9th century