What does the classic reading of Chinese excellent traditional culture include?

Classic Four Books and Five Classics: Four books refer to Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius; The Five Classics refer to The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Yijing and Chunqiu.

In addition, Four Great Classical Novels can also read and understand the market of feudal society.

Four Books, Five Classics and Six Arts. The four books refer to the Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. The Five Classics refer to The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Book of Changes and Spring and Autumn Annals, which are referred to as "Poems, Books, Rites, Changes and Spring and Autumn Annals" for short. In fact, there should have been six classics and one book, which were collectively called "poetry, calligraphy, ceremony, music, change, spring and autumn", but later died in the war at the end of Qin Dynasty. There are two versions of Six Arts. One is the six basic abilities that China ancient Confucianism required students to master, including courtesy, music, shooting, imperial command, calligraphy and number. Ceremony is etiquette, music is music, shooting is riding skill, royal is driving a carriage skill, books are calligraphy, and numbers count. There is another saying that the Six Arts are interpreted as the Six Classics, namely, The Book of Changes, Shangshu, The Book of Songs, The Book of Rites, Jing Yue and Chunqiu.

The Four Books, Five Classics and Six Arts are the core carriers of Confucianism and an important part of China traditional culture.