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Ching Journal Articles: Chinese
Religion
The Chinese ClassicsThese are key texts of Confucianism, the
traditional state religion of feudal China. These are some of the few
Chinese texts which survived a disasterous book-burning in 213 B.C.E.
by the Emperor Ch'in Shih Huang. Confucian Canon Five
Classics Confucian Canon.Although three of four of these books are
traditionally attributed to Confucius (K'ung-tzu, 551-479 B.C.E.) it
has been established that he did not write a single word of them; they
were written down by his students after his death. The Analects come
closest to an actual exposition of his philosophy. These works were put
into their present form by Chu Hsi in the late twelfth century C.E.
These four books were required reading in order to pass the civil
service exminations, (started in 1315), which were the gateway to
employment in the Imperial bureaucracy. The translations are by James
Legge, from his 'Chinese Classics' series. The Confucian Canon in Chinese and English 372,292 bytes Confucian Analects (Lun Yü) 157,975 bytes Mencius (Legge, tr. 1895). The Great Learning (Ta Hsüeh) 17,821 bytes The Doctrine Of The Mean (Chung Yung) 38,850 bytes The
Five Classics
These
are four of the 'Five Classics' of Chinese literature. The translations
are all from the Sacred Books of the East
series. The Shu Ching The Shih Ching The I Ching The Li Ki Part I The
fifth classic (which we don't currently have translation of at this
site) is the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Ch'un Ch'iu. There was also
a sixth classic, the Classic of Music (the Yüeh Ching), which was lost.
The Hsiao Ching Other
Texts
The Shundai Zatsuwa (A Japanese Philosopher) Traditional
Chinese Beliefs
This
section includes texts about traditional Chinese beliefs and other
texts about Chinese culture. Feng Shui by Ernest J. Eitel [1873] This is a short
monograph about Chinese geomancy. The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Translated
by Lionel Giles [1910]. |
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