China's outstanding traditional cultural masterpieces.

This is China's Bible. "Four Books and Five Classics" are the general names of Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, Mencius (four books), The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Yijing and Chunqiu (five classics). This textbook, which has been read by China people for thousands of years, contains China's ancient political ideals and the way of governing the country, and is a key to our understanding of ancient China society. Many languages in the book, such as "doing one's duty", "being confident" and "witty remarks", are still in use today.

2. Laozi

Laozi has five thousand words, which is very shocking. Laozi was the first pure philosopher in China, and his thoughts became a deep-rooted ideological tendency of China people. Taoism and its thoughts have an important influence on almost every literate China people. Laozi is concise, thorough in reasoning, profound in meaning, full of dialectical spirit and can inspire people's thinking. Laozi's writing is not particularly difficult, and there are many commentators in past dynasties. Choosing a better version should be helpful for reading comprehension.

3. Zhuangzi

Inherited and carried forward Laozi's thought, together with Laozi, it was called "Laozi and Zhuangzi" and became a Taoist classic. Zhuangzi's attitude towards life and death is very philosophical, and "pass the parcel" has become a typical portrait of Zhuangzi. Wang Yang in Zhuangzi is wanton and rich, which represents the highest achievement of pre-Qin prose and has a far-reaching influence on the development of ancient China prose. Many fables are used in the book to illustrate the truth. For example, My Skillful Hands Help Cows is a famous one.

4. Everything is wrong

A collection of pre-Qin legalist thoughts. Han Feizi's thought was the dominant thought of China's first unified feudal dynasty. Legalist thought is the representative of China's ancient political hegemony. Together with the "King Way" represented by the "Four Books and Five Classics", it was practiced both inside and outside, and the rulers of past dynasties were more or less influenced by it.

5. Sun Tzu's Art of War

Born in the background of hundreds of years of war in the Spring and Autumn Period, it covered all important military issues and was regarded as a standard by military strategists in China. It has also been translated into many foreign languages and has world influence. The concise sentences in Sun Tzu's The Art of War contain rich contents, which are also instructive to people's behavior in contemporary commercial society.

6. Historical records

"Historians sing a swan song, and Li Sao has no rhyme." It initiated the biographical historiography of China and became a model of official historiography in past dynasties. Historical Records records the history from ancient times to that time, in which the part of "book" is difficult to understand, but it is the concentrated expression of Sima Qian's historical thought. The essence of this book lies in "aristocratic family" and "biography". Sima Qian painted many historical figures with personalities and feelings for us, and he devoted his feelings to historical figures. Historical Records is not only a historical work, but also a literary work.