What books are there in the sinology reader?

There are The Book of Songs, The Tao Te Ching, The Analects of Confucius, Historical Records and Zhouyi.

1, The Book of Songs

China is a country with a tradition of poetry for thousands of years. The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient poetry in China, the collection of the first poems in China and the glorious starting point of China literature. The Book of Songs contains poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, which widely reflects all aspects of social life at that time and profoundly reveals the basic contradictions of our society in the early Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period.

At the same time, the appearance of The Book of Songs and its ideological and artistic achievements are the signs of the early development of China literature, which occupies a very high position in the cultural history of China and even the world, and is definitely one of the classics of Chinese studies.

2. Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching, also known as Laozi and Five Thousand Words, is a philosophical work of Laozi (Li Er) in the Spring and Autumn Period. It can be said that it is a great book of life, which can run through every moment of life and needs us to understand and feel it all our lives.

It is also one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of China, which has a far-reaching influence on traditional philosophy, science, politics and religion. According to the statistics of UNESCO, the Tao Te Ching is the most widely translated and published cultural masterpiece except the Bible.

3. The Analects of Confucius

The Analects of Confucius is a collection of China people's thoughts for two thousand years. It is one of the Confucian classics in China and the most important one of Confucianism. This collection of recorded essays, which is mainly based on memorizing words, was compiled by Confucius' disciples and their re-disciples, which embodies Confucius' political, aesthetic, moral and utilitarian views.

The Analects of Confucius covers politics, education, literature, philosophy and the truth of standing in the world. It can be said that it is the first choice to understand Confucianism.

4. Historical records

Historical Records, written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty, took 14 years to complete, recording the history of more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to the four years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Moreover, Historical Records ranks first in the twenty-fourth history, is the first biographical general history in the history of China, and has a great position of pioneering and benchmarking in China's historical works.

5. Zhouyi

The Book of Changes is known as the "source of Tao", the head of the group of classics, the book of teaching classics, and its status is supreme. It is one of the classic works of Chinese studies. According to legend, this book was written by Zhou Wenwang Jichang, and its contents include two parts: classic and biography.

The Book of Changes is also a classic that best represents the way of thinking and the height, breadth and depth of thinking of China people. It has had a profound impact on China's politics, economy, culture and other fields for thousands of years.