Chinese literature
Ancient texts
- The Four Books (四書, Sì shū) are
- The Five Classics (五經, Wǔ jīng) are
- The Classic of Poetry (詩經, Shī Jīng), made up of 305 poems.
- The Classic of History (書經, Shū Jīng) contains examples of early Chinese prose.
- The Book of Changes or I Ching (易經, Yì Jīng), a manual of divination based on the eight trigrams.
- The Classic of Rites (禮記, Lǐ Jì) describes ancient rites and court ceremonies.
- The Tao Te Ching (道德經, Dao De Jing), attributed to Lao Zi.
- The True Classic of Perfect Emptiness, attributed to Lie Zi.
- The Classic of Filial Piety (孝經, Xiao Jing)
- The Three Characters Classic
- Other ancient texts
Classic Novels
- List of Chinese language novelists
The above 4 classics are often called the Si Da Ming Zhu or the Four Classics.
Classical Poetry
Modern
Overseas Chinese Literature
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