Book chapter
The Confucian Classics
The Oxford Handbook of Confucianism, pp.126-C9P118
Oxford Handbooks, Oxford University Press
01/2023
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190906184.013.23
Abstract
This chapter introduces the Five Classics, which formed the core of the Confucian canon. These works are the Classic of Poetry, Classic of Documents, Rites Classic, Classic of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Classic. Although the Five Classics came to be regarded as “Confucian” works, none was written by Confucius. They were officially established as the basis of state-sponsored learning during the Western Han dynasty. The chapter gives an overview of the titles, dates of composition, content, and commentarial interpretations of each work and discusses their putative connection to Confucius, along with the subsequent reception and expansion of the canon and its later replacement with the Four Books.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Confucian Classics
- Creators
- Newell Ann Van Auken - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Jennifer Oldstone-Moore (Editor) - Wittenberg University
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Oxford Handbook of Confucianism, pp.126-C9P118
- Series
- Oxford Handbooks
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190906184.013.23
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures; World Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Record Identifier
- 9984398768802771
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