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Four Books and Five Classics

Four Books and Five Classics proper noun: chinese texts that serve as the authoritative works of Confucianism.

Proper noun

Four Books and Five Classics

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

Four Books and Five Classics meaning in Vietnamese

Four Books and Five Classics in Vietnamese

Confucian texts
Tứ thư Ngũ kinh

Origin of Four Books and Five Classics

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

Questions about Four Books and Five Classics

What does Four Books and Five Classics mean?
Four Books and Five Classics means chinese texts that serve as the authoritative works of Confucianism.
What is Four Books and Five Classics in Vietnamese?
Four Books and Five Classics in Vietnamese is Tứ thư Ngũ kinh. See Four Books and Five Classics meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Four Books and Five Classics?
Four Books and Five Classics is a proper noun.

Words near Four Books and Five Classics in the dictionary

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