Classics of China

Chinese Classics

The foundational texts of Chinese civilization, read closely in original and meaning. We open with the I Ching, first of the Five Classics, with more to follow.

First of the Five ClassicsLive

I ChingBook of Changes

First of the Five Classics and a wellspring of the Dao. Its 64 hexagrams map every change of heaven and earth, and the Ten Wings unfold both its imagery and its principle — the crown of the Chinese canon.

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Analects

Confucius · sayings

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Tao Te Ching

Laozi · the Way

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Book of Songs

Airs · Odes · Hymns

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Book of Documents

Records of antiquity

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Book of Rites

Rites and music

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Spring and Autumn

Annals

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Mencius

Innate goodness

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Zhuangzi

Free and easy wandering

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