What are the Confucian classics?

Confucian classics mainly include thirteen classics. There are six Confucian classics: The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Yili, Jing Yue, Zhouyi and Chunqiu. Qin Shihuang "burned books to bury Confucianism". It is said that Yue Ji was lost after the Qin fire.

On this basis, the Eastern Han Dynasty added The Analects of Confucius, The Book of Filial Piety and The Seven Classics.

Zhou Li, Book of Rites, Biography of the Spring and Autumn Ram, Biography of the Spring and Autumn Beam, Erya and Twelve Classics were added in the Tang Dynasty.

Mencius was supplemented in the Song Dynasty, and later the Notes to Thirteen Classics was handed down from generation to generation.

Thirteen Classics is the basic work of Confucian culture. As far as traditional ideas are concerned:

Yi, Shi, Shu, Li and Chunqiu are collectively called Jing.

Zuo Zhuan, Yang Gongzhuan and Gu Liangzhuan all belong to Chunqiu Jingzhuan.

The Book of Rites, The Book of Filial Piety, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius are all records.

Erya is an exegetical work of Confucian classics in Han Dynasty.

The later four books refer to the university (one in the Book of Rites) and the golden mean (one in the Book of Rites).

The Analects of Confucius and Mencius, the Five Classics refer to Zhouyi, Shangshu, Book of Songs, Book of Rites and Zuo Zhuan.