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Four Books and Five Classics

The Four Books and Five Classics are authoritative and important books associated with Confucianism, written before 300 BC. They are traditionally believed to have been either written, edited or commented on by Confucius or one of his disciples. Starting in the Han dynasty, they became the core of the Chinese classics on which students were tested in the…

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Bopomofo
ㄙˋ ㄕㄨ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
Chữ Hán
四書五經
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Syhshu Wuujing
Hangul
사서오경
Hanja
四書五經
Hanyu Pinyin
Sìshū Wǔjīng

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Four Books

List

Five Classics

Authorship

Legacy

In Korea

  • Korean Korean language
  • Hanja
  • RR Revised Romanization of Korean
  • MR McCune–Reischauer

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Four Books and Five Classics

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples28
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Four Books and Five Classics

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Romanization · 3
Four Books and Five Classics → Shisho Gokyō, Si-su ng-gin, Si-sy ngo-king
Transcriptions · 3
Four Books and Five Classics → TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationSaseoogyeongMcCune–ReischauerSasŏogyŏng, TranscriptionsRomanizationShisho Gokyō, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinSìshū WǔjīngBopomofoㄙˋ ㄕㄨ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥGwoyeu RomatzyhSyhshu WuujingWade–GilesSsŭ4 Shu1 Wu3 Ching1'Yale RomanizationSz̀shū WǔjīngIPA[sɹ̩̂.ʂú…
IPA · 2
Four Books and Five Classics → [sēi.sýː ŋ̬̍.kéŋ], [sɹ̩̂.ʂú ù.tɕíŋ]
Yale Romanization · 2
Four Books and Five Classics → Seisyū Nǵhgīng, Sz̀shū Wǔjīng
Bopomofo · 1
Four Books and Five Classics → ㄙˋ ㄕㄨ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
Chữ Hán · 1
Four Books and Five Classics → 四書五經
Gwoyeu Romatzyh · 1
Four Books and Five Classics → Syhshu Wuujing
Hangul · 1
Four Books and Five Classics → 사서오경
Hanja · 1
Four Books and Five Classics → 四書五經
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Four Books and Five Classics → Sìshū Wǔjīng

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classics confucius books chinese han confucian four five confucianism edited dynasty became classic texts system scholars examination written book important

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Four Books and Five ClassicsBopomofoㄙˋ ㄕㄨ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥ1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsChữ Hán四書五經1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsGwoyeu RomatzyhSyhshu Wuujing1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsHangul사서오경1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsHanja四書五經1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsHanyu PinyinSìshū Wǔjīng1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsHokkien POJSù-su Ngó͘-keng1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsIPA[sɹ̩̂.ʂú ù.tɕíŋ]1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsIPA[sēi.sýː ŋ̬̍.kéŋ]1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsJyutpingSei3syu1 Ng5ging11.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsKanaししょごきょう1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsKanji四書五経1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsMcCune–ReischauerSasŏogyŏng1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsMiddle ChineseSìj-sho ngú-keng1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsRevised RomanizationSaseoogyeong1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsRomanizationSi-sy ngo-king1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsRomanizationSi-su ng-gin1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsRomanizationShisho Gokyō1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsSimplified Chinese四书五经1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsTraditional Chinese四書五經1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinSìshū WǔjīngBopomofoㄙˋ ㄕㄨ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥGwoyeu RomatzyhSyhshu WuujingWade–GilesSsŭ4 Shu1 Wu3 Ching1'Yale RomanizationSz̀shū WǔjīngIPA[sɹ̩̂.ʂú…1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationSaseoogyeongMcCune–ReischauerSasŏogyŏng1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationShisho Gokyō1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsTâi-lôSù-su Ngóo-king1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsVietnamese alphabetTứ thư Ngũ kinh1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsWade–GilesSsŭ4 Shu1 Wu3 Ching1'1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsYale RomanizationSz̀shū Wǔjīng1.00infobox
Four Books and Five ClassicsYale RomanizationSeisyū Nǵhgīng1.00infobox

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