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{{Use American English|date=February 2019}}
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}}{{History of literature by era}}
The '''Chinese classics''' or '''canonical texts''' are the works of [[Chinese literature]] authored prior to the establishment of the imperial [[Qin dynasty]] in 221&nbsp;BC. Prominent examples include the [[Four Books and Five Classics]] in the [[Neo-Confucian]] tradition, themselves an abridgment of the [[Thirteen Classics]]. The Chinese classics used a form of [[written Chinese]] consciously imitated by later authors, now known as [[Classical Chinese]]. A common Chinese word for "classic" ({{zhi|first=t|t=經|s=经|p=jīng}}) literally means '[[warp (weaving)|warp thread]]', in reference to the techniques by which works of this period were bound into volumes.<ref name=Voorst>{{cite book |title=Anthology of World Scriptures |last=van Voorst|first=Robert E.  |publisher=Cengage |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-495-50387-3 |page=140}}</ref>
The '''Chinese classics''' or '''canonical texts''' are the works of [[Chinese literature]] authored prior to the establishment of the imperial [[Qin dynasty]] in 221&nbsp;BC. Prominent examples include the [[Four Books and Five Classics]] in the [[Neo-Confucian]] tradition, themselves an abridgment of the [[Thirteen Classics]]. The Chinese classics used a form of [[written Chinese]] consciously imitated by later authors, now known as [[Classical Chinese]]. A common Chinese word for "classic" ({{zhi|first=t|t=經|s=经|p=jīng}}) literally means '[[warp (weaving)|warp thread]]', in reference to the techniques by which works of this period were bound into volumes.<ref name=Voorst>{{cite book |title=Anthology of World Scriptures |last=van Voorst|first=Robert E.  |publisher=Cengage |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-495-50387-3 |page=140}}</ref>


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Up to the Western Han, authors would typically list the Classics in the order Poems-Documents-Rituals-Changes-Spring and Autumn. However, from the Eastern Han the default order instead became Changes-Documents-Poems-Rituals-Spring and Autumn.
Up to the Western Han, authors would typically list the Classics in the order Poems-Documents-Rituals-Changes-Spring and Autumn. However, from the Eastern Han the default order instead became Changes-Documents-Poems-Rituals-Spring and Autumn.


===Han imperial library===
===Han imperial library===
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|Attributed to [[Laozi]].
|Attributed to [[Laozi]].
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*[[List of early Chinese texts]]
*[[List of early Chinese texts]]
*[[Kaicheng Stone Classics]]
*[[Kaicheng Stone Classics]]
*[[Ancient Script Texts]]
*[[Old Text School]]


== References ==
== References ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100304142410/http://www.princeton.edu/~classbib/02electr.htm Relevant Electronic Resources for Chinese Classical Studies]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100304142410/http://www.princeton.edu/~classbib/02electr.htm Relevant Electronic Resources for Chinese Classical Studies]


; in Traditional Chinese
'''In Traditional Chinese'''
* [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/ftmsw3 Scripta Sinica] Big classic texts database by [[Academia Sinica]]
* [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/ftmsw3 Scripta Sinica] Big classic texts database by [[Academia Sinica]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109061234/http://210.69.170.100/S25/ Palace Museum Chinese Text Database]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109061234/http://210.69.170.100/S25/ Palace Museum Chinese Text Database]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040603100322/http://www.chinapage.com/big5/classic/classic.html Chinese classic text online]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040603100322/http://www.chinapage.com/big5/classic/classic.html Chinese classic text online]


; in Simplified Chinese
'''In Simplified Chinese'''
* [http://www.nebulis.org 凌云小筑] In Chinese, with articles and discussions on literature, history, and philosophy.
* [http://www.nebulis.org 凌云小筑] In Chinese, with articles and discussions on literature, history, and philosophy.
* [http://www.guoxue123.com 国学导航]
* [http://www.guoxue123.com 国学导航]


; in Japanese
'''In Japanese'''
* [http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/db-machine/toho/html/top.html 東方學デジタル圖書館]
* [http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/db-machine/toho/html/top.html 東方學デジタル圖書館]


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[[Category:Confucian texts| ]]
[[Category:Confucian texts| ]]
[[Category:Classical Chinese philosophy]]
[[Category:Classical Chinese philosophy]]
[[Category:Series of Chinese books]]
[[Category:Chinese book series]]