Four Books and Five Classics

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 四書五經 / 四书五经 (Sìshūwǔjīng).

Proper noun

Four Books and Five Classics

2. (Confucianism) Chinese texts that serve as the authoritative works of Confucianism.

Translations

Confucian texts

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 四書五經 / 四书五经 (nsei³ syu¹ ng⁵ ging¹)

  Mandarin: 四書五經 / 四书五经 (zh) (Sìshūwǔjīng)

• Japanese: 四書五経 (Shisho Gokyō)
• Korean: 사서오경(四書五經) (ko) (Saseoogyeong)
• Vietnamese: Tứ thư Ngũ kinh (四書五經)