The Analects of Confucius: A collection of recorded essays in China's Spring and Autumn Period, which mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples. Reflects the thoughts of Confucius. It was compiled by Confucius disciples and re-biography disciples. The book, with 20 articles and 492 chapters, is the first "bibliography". The Eastern Han Dynasty is listed as one of the Seven Classics (Seven Classics: Poetry, Calligraphy, Ceremony, Book of Changes, Spring and Autumn Period, Analects of Confucius and Filial Piety). In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu, Mencius, the University and the Doctrine of the Mean were called "Four Books".

The Analects of Confucius, as a collection of words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, has a wide range of contents, mostly involving the problems of human social life, which has had a great influence on the psychological quality and moral behavior of the Chinese nation. Until the modern New Culture Movement, it has been a must-read book for beginners in China for more than two thousand years.