The Four Books and Five Classics is a general term for the four books and five classics, and it is a classic work of Confucianism in China. The four books refer to The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean. The Five Classics refer to The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu, which are referred to as "Poems, Books, Rites, Changes and Chunqiu" for short. In fact, there should have been six classics and one book long ago, which are collectively called "poetry, calligraphy, ceremony, music, Yi, Spring and Autumn". The Four Books and Five Classics are the basic bibliography of Confucianism after the Southern Song Dynasty, and they are also the required reading bibliography for Confucian students. "Four Books and Five Classics" is the most important and authoritative ancient book in China, which constitutes the basic framework of China traditional culture and the spiritual foundation of Chinese civilization, and also records and summarizes the history, culture and thoughts of the pre-Qin period. There are many outstanding masterpieces in the Four Books and Five Classics, which express ancient thinkers' thoughts on society and life, and reflect politics, history, literature, folk customs and other aspects from Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Some scholars once said: students have a clean mind, and reading classic poems is not as good as adults. Reading classic poems will help students walk with China sages since childhood, which will play an inestimable role in their personality cultivation and development. Source: extensive reading and education