The Four Books, also known as the Four Books, are the collective names of The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean, and are the core books learned by Confucian scholars in past dynasties. Zhu, a philosopher in the Southern Song Dynasty, selected two chapters from The Doctrine of the Mean and The Great Learning for annotation, and combined them with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius into four books.
Addition and deletion notes in the four books include Confucius disciples, Mencius, Zhu and so on. , the compilation time interval reaches 1800 years. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, "Da Xue" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" became official textbooks and required books for imperial examinations, which had a great influence on ancient education.
The influence of four books:
The four books record the political, military, diplomatic, cultural and other historical materials in the most active period in the history of China's ideological and cultural development, as well as the important philosophical thoughts of Confucius and Mencius that have influenced China culture for thousands of years. There is nothing else in the examination paper for selecting officials in the imperial examinations of past dynasties, but it must come from four books, which shows its importance to being an official and being a man.
The contents and philosophical thoughts contained in the Four Books still have positive significance and strong reference value for us modern people. The four books have immeasurable influence on social norms, interpersonal communication, social culture and so on. Its influence has spread all over the world, benefiting generations of children and grandchildren. "Four Books" continues the eternal masterpiece of Chinese culture and is the same heritage of human civilization.