Top Ten Classics of National Education

The top ten classics of national education are "The Records of the Grand Historian", "The Classic of Poetry", "Tao Te Ching", "Zizhi Tongjian", "Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty", "The Art of War", "Zhuangzi", "Guwen Guanzhi", "The Analects of Confucius", and "The Family Book of Zeng Guofan".

1, "the Records of the Grand Historian"

"The Records of the Grand Historian" is a masterpiece of historiography authored by China's renowned historian Sima Qian, listed in the "Twenty-four Histories", which chronicles the history of about three thousand years from the beginning of the legendary Yellow Emperor to the first year of the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu Di's Yuan Hun Yuan, and has been hailed as the "masterpiece of the historians. It is regarded as "the best song of the historians and the unrhymed Li Sao". One cannot read Chinese history without reading the Historical Records.

2, "Shijing"

is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry, the earliest of a general collection of poetry, collected from the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn period of poetry, *** 311, of which six for the pith poem, that is, only the title, no content, known as the pith poem six.

3, "Tao Te Ching"

Hailed as "the king of all classics", "encyclopedia". Some say that it is a philosophical thought, some say that it is the word of wisdom, some say that it is the word of military affairs. But it is always said that how to "get the way" of the Tao Te Ching, so "Tao Te Ching" or can be called "get the way".

4. The Ziji Tongjian

is a chronicle compiled by Sima Guang and his assistants Liu reserved, Liu Nu, and Fan Zuyu on the basis of a large number of historical materials, and records the history of the period starting from the 23rd year of the Zhou Dynasty, and ending in the 6th year of the reign of the later Zhou Dynasty's Shizong Xiande (世宗顯德)***1362年.

5. The Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty

It is a widely circulated anthology of Tang poems. During the two hundred and eighty-nine years from 618 to 907 of the Tang Dynasty, which was the golden age of poetry development in China, the clouds steamed up and famous writers emerged, and the number of Tang poems amounted to more than 50,000 pieces.

6. The Art of War

Also known as "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", and so on. Sun Tzu's Art of War is regarded as a classic of the art of war. It has a history of 2,500 years since its birth and has been studied by all generations.

7, "Zhuangzi"

Also known as "South China Scripture" , is a classic of Taoism. Zhuangzi book mainly reflects Zhuangzi's philosophy, art, aesthetics and outlook on life, politics and so on. Zhuangzi's article, imagination, clever ideas, colorful world of thought and literary mood, writing, with a romantic artistic style, magnificent and treacherous, meaning out of the dust, is the pre-Qin sons of the article of the model work.

8. Gu Wen Guan Zhi

The term "Guan Zhi" means "the collection of essays represents the highest level of the literary language". It is a literary textbook selected and compiled during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty for use in schools. The Gu Wen Guan Zhi (Ancient Writings and Observations), which has been widely circulated and influential for 300 years, is unique among the anthologies of ancient writings

9. The Analects

As a collection of words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, the Analects is very extensive, mostly dealing with the problems of human social life, and it has had a significant impact on the psychological quality and moral behavior of the Han Chinese people.

10, "Zeng Guofan's Family Letters"

The content is extensive, both in military and governmental ways, and life and world talk, since the beginning of the publication in 1879, widely circulated, is the study of his people and the history of this period of the important information.

Introduction to Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies refers to the cultural heritage and academic records of China through the ages, including ancient Chinese history, philosophy, geography, politics, economics, and even painting and calligraphy, music, ekphrasis, magic, medicine, astrology, architecture, and so on. The narrow sense of national science refers to the ancient Chinese doctrine.