四書五経

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	書	五	経
し Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2	ご Grade: 1	きょう Grade: 5
goon

Alternative spelling
四書五經 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 四書五經 (Sìshūwǔjīng).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ししょごきょー [shíꜜshò gòkyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ɕo̞ ɡo̞kʲo̞ː]

Proper noun

四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) • (Shisho Gokyō) ^{←ししよごきやう (Sisyo Gokyau)^?}

(Confucianism) Four Books and Five Classics (chinese texts that serve as the authoritative works of Confucianism)

Coordinate terms

四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) (Shisho Gokyō, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

四(し)書(しょ) (Shisho, “Four Books”)

大(だい)学(がく) (Daigaku, “Great Learning”)
中(ちゅう)庸(よう) (Chūyō, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
論(ろん)語(ご) (Rongo, “Analects”)
孟(もう)子(し) (Mōshi, “Mencius”)

五(ご)経(きょう) (Gokyō, “Five Classics”)

詩(しき)経(ょう) (Shikyō, “Classic of Poetry”)
書(しょ)経(きょう) (Shokyō, “Book of Documents”)
礼(らい)記(き) (Raiki, “Book of Rites”)
易(えき)経(きょう) (Ekikyō, “I Ching”)
春(しゅん)秋(じゅう) (Shunjū, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)