Traditional culture must-read books

The list of must-read books on traditional culture is as follows:

1.? The Analects of Confucius:

The Analects of Confucius is one of the classic works of the Confucian school, compiled by the disciples of Confucius and his re-disciples. It is mainly written in the style of discourse and dialogue, recording the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and focusing on his political ideas, doctrinal thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles. It is known as the "Four Books and Five Classics" together with the "University", "The Meanwhile", "Mencius", "The Book of Poetry", "The Book of Songs", "The Book of Rites", "The Book of Changes" and "The Spring and Autumn Annals". The common text of the Analects of Confucius*** is twenty articles.

2.? Tao Te Ching:

The Tao Te Ching, also known as Laozi, was organized by the Taoist school during the Warring States period, recording the teachings of the late Spring and Autumn thinker Laozi. It is a work of ancient China before the separation of the pre-Qin sons, and was ****upheld by the sons at that time, and is an important source of the philosophical thinking of Taoism. Tao Te Ching is divided into two chapters, the original text of the upper De Jing, the lower Tao Te Ching, not divided into chapters, later changed to the Tao Te Ching in the front, the De Jing in the back, and is divided into 81 chapters. It is the first complete philosophical work in Chinese history.

3.? Zhuangzi:

"Zhuangzi" is a collection of writings of the Zhuangzi school, an important text of Taoism. Existing "Zhuangzi" **** 33, divided into internal, external, miscellaneous. It is generally believed that the inner part is Zhuang Zi, the outer part, miscellaneous is Zhuang Zhou's disciples and students. Zhuang Zi's name was Zhou, a native of Shangqiu, northeast of present-day Henan Province, in the middle of the Warring States period, who worked as a petty official in charge of a lacquer garden. He pursued spiritual freedom and regarded fame and status as if they were dung and rotten rats. The king of Qi sent an envoy to hire him as a minister, and Zhuang Zhou replied that he preferred to play freely in the dirty ditch, and refused to be detained by the powers that be, and refused to hire him.