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The Five Classics refer to The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu. These five books are the oldest documents in China so far and the main classics of ancient Confucianism in China.

1, The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China. There are 305 existing articles, which consist of three parts: style, elegance and praise. The wind includes fifteen national winds, with a total of 160 articles; Elegant and elegant, a total of 105; There are 40 songs in praise of Zhou Song, truffles and Shang Yang. The book contains more than 500 years of poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty (BC 1 1 century) to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (6th century BC).

2. Historical Records records the period from the legendary Yao and Shun era to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (mid-Spring and Autumn Period) about 1500 years. The basic content is the ancient emperor's letters and the records of the conversation between the monarch and the minister.

3. The Book of Rites is an important collection of laws and regulations in ancient China, with 20 volumes and 49 articles. It mainly describes the etiquette in the pre-Qin period, reflects the Confucian philosophy, educational thought, political thought and aesthetic thought, and is a compilation of materials for studying the pre-Qin period.

According to legend, Zhouyi was written by Zhou Wenwang Jichang. The content includes classics and biography, which is the theoretical source of natural philosophy and humanistic practice in China's traditional ideology and culture, and the crystallization of China's ancient thoughts and wisdom.

5. The history recorded in the Spring and Autumn Annals began in the year of Lu Yin (722 BC) and ended in the fourteenth year of Lu Aigong (48 BC1year), with a total of 242 years. This is the earliest chronological history book in China.