Four books: The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius;

Five Classics: It refers to The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu, and is referred to as "Poetry, Book, Rite, Change and Chunqiu" for short.

Six Arts: refers to the six basic abilities that China ancient Confucianism required students to master, including courtesy, music, archery, imperial command, calligraphy and numeracy. Ceremony is etiquette, music is music, shooting is riding skill, royal is driving a carriage skill, books are calligraphy, and numbers count. There is another saying that the Six Arts are interpreted as the Six Classics, namely, The Book of Changes, Shangshu, The Book of Songs, The Book of Rites, Jing Yue and Chunqiu. It is the core carrier of Confucianism and an important part of China traditional culture.