What does the Five Classics mean?

The Five Classics generally refer to the Confucian classics The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu.

A brief introduction is as follows:

1, Zhouyi: Also known as Yijing and Yijing, it ranks first among Confucian classics. Zhouyi is a book of divination, its outer layer is mysterious and its inner philosophy is profound.

2. Shangshu was called Shu in ancient times and Shangshu in Chinese. "Shang" means "Shang" and "ancient times". This book is the earliest compilation of historical documents in ancient China.

3. The Book of Songs was called "The Book of Songs" or "Three Hundred Poems" in the pre-Qin period, and it was the first collection of poems in China. Collected 305 poems (original poems 3 1 1) from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, which is a collection of poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period.

4. The Book of Rites: an anthology of articles by Confucian scholars explaining the classic book "Yili" from the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Book of Rites is only an explanation of Yili (Zhuzi School Volume 87), and Yili is a compilation of Confucianism.

5. Zuo Zhuan, also known as Zuo's Chunqiu, Chunqiu Guwen and Chunqiu Zuoshi Zhuan, is an ancient chronological historical work. Historical Records called the author Zuo Qiuming in the Spring and Autumn Period. Scholars in the Qing Dynasty think that it was adapted by Liu Xin, and some people think that it was compiled by people in the early Warring States period according to historical materials of various countries (it is also said that it was written by Lu's Shi Guanzhi).