Ngũ kinh

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Ngũ Kinh

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 五經, composed of 五 (“five”) and 經 (“classics”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ kïŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ kɨn˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ kɨn˧˧]

Proper noun

Ngũ kinh

1. (Confucianism) the Five Classics (pre-Qin Chinese books that form part of the traditional Confucian canon)

Coordinate terms

Tứ thư Ngũ kinh (四書五經, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

Tứ thư (四書, “Four Books”)

• Đại Học (大學, “Great Learning”)
• Trung Dung (中庸, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
• Luận Ngữ (論語, “Analects”)
• Mạnh Tử (孟子, “Mencius”)

Ngũ kinh (五經, “Five Classics”)

• Kinh Thi (經詩, “Classic of Poetry”)
• Kinh Thư (經書, “Book of Documents”)
• Kinh Lễ (經禮, “Book of Rites”)
• Kinh Dịch (經易, “I Ching”)
• Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Tứ thư Ngũ kinh