What is the relationship between Confucius and the Four Books and the Five Classics? Confucianism, t

From the time of Confucius to today, for more than 2,000 years, there has been a lot of literature on Confucianism, and there is no end to the opinions on Confucianism. Even if it is the same person, at different ages and after different life experiences, the understanding of Confucianism will be very different. Over time, it has become a norm for people to restrain their thoughts and behaviors, and has had an immeasurable and profound impact on the casting of Chinese personality psychology.

Four Books: It is the general name of the four works of Analects, Mencius, University, and Zhongyong. Among them, the Analects and Mencius are collections of speeches by Confucius, Mencius and their students, respectively, while the University and the Mean are two of the books in the Book of Rites.

The first time they were put together was the Southern Song scholar Zhu Xi. However, before Zhu Xi, the brothers Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi had vigorously advocated these books.

They believe that the "University" is the main book of Confucius's lecture on "the door to virtue for beginners", and it has been compiled into a document by Confucius's students; "The Mean" is a book of "Confucius teaches the mind", and it is the grandson of Confucius, who thinks "the book of the son of the pen, to teach Mencius". Together with the Analects and Mencius, these two books express the basic ideological system of Confucianism and are the most important documents for the study and management of Confucianism.

It was from this point of view that Zhu Xi compiled the four books of Analects, Mencius, Daxue, and Zhongyong. Because they are derived from the four representative figures of early Confucianism, Confucius, Zeng Shen, Zisi, and Mencius, they are called the "Four Books", or simply the "Four Books".

Zhu Xi made annotations on these four books, among them, the annotations of the "University" and "The Mean" are called "chapters and sentences", and the annotations of the "Analects" and "Mencius" are called "collection notes" because they quote more from others.

It is worth noting that the order of the "Four Books" compiled by Zhu Xi was originally "University", "Analects", "Mencius", and "Zhongyong", which were arranged in the order of advanced study. Because of the short length of the "University" and "The Mean", later generations mentioned the "The Mean" before the "Analects" for the convenience of writing and publication, and it became the order of the "University", "The Mean", "The Analects" and "Mencius" that are now popular.

Because Zhu Xi's annotated "Four Books" not only integrates the doctrines of his predecessors, but also has his own unique opinions, it is suitable for the world; And because of the rising status of "Cheng Zhu Lixue" represented by Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi brothers and Zhu Xi, after Zhu Xi's death, the imperial court approved the "Four Books" he compiled and annotated as an official book, which became popular since then, and resumed the imperial examination during the Yanyou period of the Yuan Dynasty (1314-1320), officially limiting the scope of questions to Zhu Zhu's "Four Books", and the Ming and Qing dynasties followed and derived the "Eight Strands" examination system, and the topics were also in Zhu's "Four Books".

The Five Classics were compiled by Confucius, and there were originally six parts

Compiled by the post-scholars of Confucius.

The "Four Books and Five Classics" are not the writings of Confucius. The four books are "The University", "The Mean", "The Analects", and "Mencius". The Five Classics are five works: "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi", and "Spring and Autumn".

Among them, the Analects is a book that records the words and deeds of Confucius and his students. The Five Classics are said to have been modified by Confucius, one of the founders of Confucianism.

These books record the historical materials of ancient Chinese rules and cultural relics, and discuss Confucian philosophy, politics, ethics, culture and education.

The "Four Books" refer to the four books of Analects, Mencius, The Mean, and the University.

Among them, the Analects and Mencius are collections of speeches by Confucius, Mencius and their students, respectively, while the University and the Mean are two of the books in the Book of Rites.

The four books refer to the University, the Mean, the Analects, and Mencius. The Five Classics refer to the Book of Songs, the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites, the Book of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Period. Because the text of "Spring and Autumn" is too simple and succinct, it is usually published together with "Zuo Chuan", "Ram Chuan" and "Gu Liang Biography", which explain "Spring and Autumn".

The name of the Four Books began in the Song Dynasty, and the name of the Five Classics began in Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The Four Books and Five Classics, which refers to the combined name of the "Four Books" and the "Five Classics", are the core books and classics studied by Confucian students in the past dynasties, and occupy a very important position in many literary works of Chinese traditional culture. The Four Books and Five Classics record in detail the political, military, diplomatic, cultural and other historical facts in the history of the development of the ideology and culture of selling tong in China, and the important ideas of thinkers such as Xiaoshou and Confucius and Mencius.