What does the Five Classics mean?

The Five Classics refer to The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu.

1, The Book of Songs

The Book of Songs is rich in content. The national style is mainly folk songs; Ode to Yahe is mainly used for lords and nobles of ancestral temples and imperial courts. Many chapters in Guo Feng reveal the cruel exploitation and slavery of the working people by the lords and nobles, and also reflect the life, thoughts and feelings of the working people to some extent. This part is the essence of this book.

2. Shangshu

Book, also called Classic Book or History Book, is the earliest collection of works in China. The book is divided into four parts: Yu Shu, Xia Shu, Shangshu and Zhou Shu. It mainly describes some important political events in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, such as important wars, class relations, political systems and policies, which have high historical value.

3. The Book of Rites

The Book of Rites, also known as rites, ten rites or rites classics, is a compilation of some etiquette systems in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with a total of 17 articles. It is said that it was made by Duke Zhou or revised by Confucius. According to the textual research of four neighbors, it is believed that the book may have been written before and during the Warring States Period.

4. Zhouyi

Yijing, also known as Yijing or Yijing, is the earliest divination book in China. The content includes two parts: Jing and Zhuan, which may have been written in the Warring States or Qin and Han Dynasties. His exposition of natural or social changes is full of simple dialectical views.

5. Spring and Autumn Annals

Spring and Autumn Annals, also known as Spring and Autumn Annals, is the earliest chronological historical work in China, centering on the history of Lu, and briefly records the historical events from the year of Lu Yin to the fourteenth year (722 BC-48 BC1year) * * 242 years.