What are the four books in the Four Books and Five Classics?

There are: The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, University and The Doctrine of the Mean.

The names of the four books began in the Song Dynasty, which contains the core content of Confucianism and is the concentrated embodiment of Confucian epistemology and methodology. It had a far-reaching influence in the history of China's thought.

The Analects of Confucius and Mencius are collections of speeches by Confucius, Mencius and their students respectively. It expresses the basic ideology of Confucianism and is the most important document to study and treat Confucianism.

University and the Doctrine of the Mean are two books in The Book of Rites. "University" is an important work taught by Confucius, which was edited by Ceng Zi. The Doctrine of the Mean is a book "Confucius teaches the heart".

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First, Confucius:

Confucius (September 28th BC1year-April BC1year), surnamed Kong, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period (now Qufu, Shandong) and his ancestral home was Li Yi (now Xiayi, Henan), an ancient thinker and educator in China.

Second, Mencius:

Mencius was a famous philosopher, thinker, politician and educator in the Warring States Period, and one of the representatives of the Confucian school, ranking second only to Confucius, and was also called "Confucius and Mencius" with Confucius. Advocating "benevolent government", he first put forward the idea that "the people are more expensive than the monarch".

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