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Confucian works
Confucian works include Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, The Book of Songs, Shangshu, The Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu.

1. University: It is an important part of Confucian classics, covering the ideas of self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world. It emphasizes the ways of self-cultivation, such as respecting things, knowing, honesty and justice, and the practical methods of managing the family, the country and the world.

2. The Doctrine of the Mean: It is one of the important chapters in Confucian classics, covering human nature, morality, political philosophy and other ideas. Emphasize the moral standard of "golden mean" and put forward the learning process and cognitive methods such as erudition, interrogation, careful thinking, discernment and perseverance.

3. The Analects of Confucius is a record of words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, covering the educational, political, ethical and philosophical thoughts of Confucius and his disciples. It emphasizes moral principles such as benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faithfulness, and also emphasizes learning methods such as "learning while learning" and "knowing what you know is not knowing".

4. Mencius: It was written by Mencius and his disciple Zhang Wan during the Warring States Period, covering the political, educational, philosophical and ethical thoughts of Mencius and his disciples. Emphasis is placed on political thoughts such as "people-oriented", "benevolent governance" and "rule by virtue", as well as philosophical thoughts such as "theory of good nature" and "cultivating lofty spirit". These thoughts had an important influence on later Confucianism and China culture.

5. The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China. * * contains 365,438+065,438+0 poems, including three parts: style, elegance and ode. Among them, the wind is a local folk song, elegance is a music song of court banquets or court meetings, and ode is a dance music of ancestral temple sacrifices.

6. Shangshu: It is a compilation of ancient historical documents of China, including political, military, economic, cultural and other aspects, with high historical value.

7. The Book of Rites: one of the Confucian classics, mainly records the ancient etiquette system, including four kinds of etiquette, namely, good luck, hospitality and courtesy, and various related etiquette norms.

Eight, "Zhouyi": It is an ancient divination book, which speculates the outcome of future events through the interpretation of divination. It is one of the Confucian classics and contains rich philosophical thoughts.

9. The Spring and Autumn Annals is the earliest chronological history book in China, which records the history from the year of Lu Yin (722 BC) to the fourteenth year of Lu Aigong (4865438 BC+0 BC) and the major events in 242 BC. It has extremely high historical value and is also one of the Confucian classics.