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The Five Classics (五經, Wǔjīng) is a corpus of five ancient Chinese books used by Confucianism as the basis of study. According to tradition, they were edited by Confucius, apart from the Spring and Autumn Annals of the State of Lu, which he wrote himself. There was originally a sixth classic—the Yue or Book of Music—but it was entirely lost before the Han dynasty.

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Book of Changes, I Ching, Yijing, I King, Yi King, Zhouyi, or Chou I
Book of Poetry, Book of Songs, Shijing, or Shi King
Book of Rites, Liji, or Liki
Book of Documents, Book of History, Shujing, or Shu King
Spring and Autumn Annals, Annals of Lu, Chunqiu, or Chun-chiu

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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Five Classics

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