Chinese literature

Table of contents

1 Ancient texts
2 Classic Novels
3 Classical Poetry
4 Modern
5 Overseas Chinese Literature
6 Others
7 Related Topics

Ancient texts

The Four Books (四書, Sì shū) are
- The Great Learning, (大學, Dà Xué).
- The Doctrine of the Golden Mean (中庸, Zhōng Yóng).
- The Analects of Confucius (論語, Lùn Yǔ), a book of pithy sayings attributed to Confucius.
- Mencius (孟子, Mèng Zǐ).
The Five Classics (五經, Wǔ jīng) are
- The Classic of Poetry (詩經, Shī Jīng), made up of 305 poems.
- The Classic of History (書經, Shū Jīng) contains examples of early Chinese prose.
- The Book of Changes or I Ching (易經, Yì Jīng), a manual of divination based on the eight trigrams.
- The Classic of Rites (禮記, Lǐ Jì) describes ancient rites and court ceremonies.
- The Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋, Chūn Qiū).
- The Classic of Music (樂經) is sometime referred to as the sixth classic, but is lost.
Other classics:
- The Classic of The Way and its Virtue or Tao Te Ching (道德經, Dao De Jing), attributed to Lao Zi.
- The True Classic of Perfect Emptiness, attributed to Lie Zi.
- The Classic of Filial Piety (孝經, Xiao Jing)
- The Three Characters Classic
Other ancient texts
- Zhuang Zi
- The book of Xun Zi
- The Art of War (孙子兵法) by Sun Tzu

The Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦, also known as A Dream of Red Mansions or The Chronicles of the Stone (石頭記, Shítóu Jì), by 曹雪芹 Cáo Xuěqín;
Water Margin (水浒传), also known as All Men Are Brothers and Outlaws of the Marsh), by 施耐庵 Shī Nài'ān;
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三国演义) by 罗贯中 Luó Guànzhōng;
The Journey to the West (西游记), also known as Monkey King and Monkey, by 吴承恩 Wú Chéng'ēn;.

The above 4 classics are often called the Si Da Ming Zhu or the Four Classics.

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