Confucian texts

The Analects, also known as the Sayings of Confucius, is an ancient Chinese philosophical text composed of sayings and ideas attributed to Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been compiled by his followers.

collection of Chinese poetry, comprising works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC

official chronicle of the State of Lu covering the period from 722 BCE to 481 BCE

collection of ancient Chinese texts that describe the social forms, administrative structures, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty, as interpreted during the Warring States period and the early Han dynasty

one of the Five Classics of ancient Chinese literature

books of Confucianism

ancient Chinese narrative history that is traditionally regarded as a commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals

Chinese classic, preserved as a chapter in the Lijing; consists of a short main text attributed to Confucius and ten commentary chapters attributed to Zengzi

Chinese Confucian text attributed to attributed to Zisi, grandson of Confucius

The Huainanzi is an ancient philosophical and governmental Chinese text made up of essays from scholarly debates held at the court of Liu An, Prince of Huainan, before 139 BCE. Compiled as a compendium for an enlightened sovereign and his court, the work attempts to define the conditions for a perfect socio-political order, derived mainly from a perfect (or enlightened) ruler. With a notable Zhuangzi 'Taoist' influence, alongside Chinese folk theories of yin and yang and Wu Xing, the Huainanzi draws on Taoist, Legalist, Confucian, and Mohist concepts. But it subverts the latter three in favor

book by Mencius

ancient Chinese work on bureaucracy and organizational theory

Confucian treatise on filial piety (孝), allegedly composed from a conversation between Confucius and Zengzi but more probably from 4th century BC Warring States period

classic texts of Chinese literature

Chinese classic text about Zhou dynasty social behavior and ceremonial ritual as it was practiced and understood during the Spring and Autumn period

The Erya or Erh-ya is the first surviving Chinese dictionary. The sinologist Bernhard Karlgren concluded that "the major part of its glosses must reasonably date from the 3rd century BC."

Thirteen Chinese books

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commentary on Spring and Autumn Annals

Yuan dynasty text of Confucian filial piety

Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals

Confucian classic text, lost by the Han dynasty

chapter of Book of Documents

supplement to the Analects consisting of accounts supposedly carried down by the family of Confucius, allegedly collected by his descendant Kong Anguo

confucian text based on White Tiger Hall Conference (79 CE)

Chinese parable

book by Yang Xiong

Collection of Chinese texts synthesizing Islam and Confucianism

book by Huang Zongxi

4th-century BCE Syncretic philosophy text

19th chapter of the Book of Rites

poem written by Zhang Heng