Thirteen Classics

Thirteen Classics
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese十三經
Simplified Chinese十三经
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShísānjīng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSap6saam1ging1
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetThập tam kinh
Chữ Hán十三經
Korean name
Hangul십삼경
Hanja十三經
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationSipsamgyeong
Japanese name
Kanji十三經
Kanaじゅうさんぎょう
Transcriptions
RomanizationJūsangyō

The Thirteen Classics (traditional Chinese: 十三經; simplified Chinese: 十三经; pinyin: Shísān Jīng) is a term for the group of thirteen classics of Confucian tradition that became the basis for the Imperial Examinations during the Song dynasty and have shaped much of East Asian culture and thought.[1] It includes all of the Four Books and Five Classics but organizes them differently and includes the Classic of Filial Piety and Erya.

  1. ^ Wilkinson, Endymion (2000). Chinese history: a manual (2nd ed.). Harvard Univ Asia Center. pp. 475–476. ISBN 978-0-674-00249-4.