Four Books and Five Classics

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English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Four Books and Five Classics

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

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