![]() ![]() ![]() Second, it was made the core of the official curriculum for the national civil service examinations in a very long period of feudal China, especially in the Yuan (1271–1368), Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1636–1912) dynasties. ![]() The importance of the Four Books mainly lies in these four facts: First, it embraces ancient China’s most important ethical and social philosophy. As a book series it is composed of the Great Learning (Chinese: 大学 pinyin: daxue), the Doctrine of the Mean (Chinese: 中庸 pinyin: zhongyong), the Analects of Confucius (Chinese: 论语 pinyin: lunyu) and the Works of Mencius (Chinese: 孟子 pinyin: mengzi). The Four Books, with Chinese title 四书 (pinyin: sishu), are Chinese classic texts illustrating the core value and belief systems in Confucianism. ![]()
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