What are the books on Chinese studies?

There are four categories of classic books on Chinese studies: classics, history, philosophers and collections. Details are as follows:

"Jing" refers to ancient classics, such as the Book of Changes, the Book of Songs, the Book of Filial Piety, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. Later, some works on language exegetics were added, such as Er Ya.

"History" refers to some historical works, including general history, such as Historical Records by Sima Qian, General Records of Zheng Qiao, and dynastic history, such as Han Shu by Ban Gu, History of the Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou, and History of the New Five Dynasties by Ouyang Xiu. Political history, such as Sima Guang's Zi Tong Zhi Jian, and Li Dao's novel Xu Zi Tong Zhi Jian, etc. Specializing in the history of cultural relics system, such as Du You's General Code and Ma Duanlin's General Examination of Literature; Local chronicles with the region as the recording center, etc.

"Zi" refers to the collection of figures who founded a theory or school in the history of China. For example, Xunzi of Confucianism, Han Feizi and Shu of Legalism, grandson of military strategist, Laozi and Zhuangzi of Taoism, as well as Buddhism, farmhouse music, doctors, astronomical algorithms, art, music notes, miscellaneous notes, classics and novelists are all included in the subdivision.

Collection is the collective collection and personal collection of scholars in history. Personal collections are called "other collections", such as collections, collections, and collections of kings. Selected Works of Zhaoming, Wenyuan Huaying, Yutai Xinyong, etc. Ancient opera works not included in Four, such as The Palace of Eternal Life, The West Chamber, Peony Pavilion, etc., also belong to this episode.

Generally speaking, Sinology, also known as Sinology or China Studies, refers to the traditional culture and scholarship of China. Chinese studies include China's ancient philosophy, history, religion, literature, customs, textual research, ethics, traditional Chinese medicine, agriculture, martial arts, geography, politics, economy, painting and calligraphy, music, architecture and many other aspects. The concept of "Sinology" came into being in the 1920s, when the trend of "Western learning spread to the East" was in full swing. Zhang Zhidong, Wei Yuan and others put forward the concept of "middle school" (Chinese studies) in order to oppose western learning, and advocated that "middle school should be the body and western learning should be used". On the one hand, they studied western civilization, and at the same time, they resumed the study of Confucian classics in the Han Dynasty.

Sinology, based on pre-Qin classics and a hundred schools of thought contend, covers a whole set of unique and complete cultural and academic systems, such as Confucian Classics in Han Dynasty, Metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, Taoism in Sui and Tang Dynasties, Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties, practical learning in Ming and Qing Dynasties, pre-Qin poetry, parallel prose in Six Dynasties, poetry in Tang and Song Dynasties, Yuanqu, novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and historiography in past dynasties. Hundred schools of thought's theory in the pre-Qin period was * * *, and there was no master-slave relationship. According to the role played in different periods, each theory played an explicit or implicit role in each period, only in different fields; Confucianism has occupied the mainstream position in the field of ideological education since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "ousted a hundred schools of thought, but other schools of thought have also played an important role in different fields, such as Taoism and Legalism in the political field, Taoism and Physicians in the military field, and other schools in various fields (famous artists, Mohists, farmers, etc.). ), and a certain field has played a mainstream role. Therefore, there is no division between the schools of Chinese studies, and no school is the main body.