서경

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 書經

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ɡjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [서경]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Seogyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Seogyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	Sŏgyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sekyeng

Proper noun

서경 • (Seogyeong) (hanja 書經)

1. (literature) the Book of Documents (a collection of documents and speeches alleged to have been written by rulers and officials of the early Zhou Dynasty and before)

Coordinate terms

사서오경 (四書五經, Saseoogyeong, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

사서 (四書, Saseo, “Four Books”)

• 대학 (大學, Daehak, “Great Learning”)
• 중용 (中庸, Jung'yong, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
• 논어 (論語, Noneo, “Analects”)
• 맹자 (孟子, Maengja, “Mencius”)

오경 (五經, Ogyeong, “Five Classics”)

• 시경 (詩經, Sigyeong, “Classic of Poetry”)
• 서경 (書經, Seogyeong, “Book of Documents”)
• 예기 (禮記, Yegi, “Book of Rites”)
• 역경 (易經, Yeokgyeong, “I Ching”)
• 춘추 (春秋, Chunchu, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)