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four books and five classics

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
four -book-s and -five -clas-sics
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Chinese texts that serve as the authoritative works of Confucianism.

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 四書五經 /四书五经 (Sìshūwǔjīng).

Questions

What does four books and five classics mean?
Chinese texts that serve as the authoritative works of Confucianism.
Where does four books and five classics come from?
Calque of Chinese 四書五經 /四书五经 (Sìshūwǔjīng).

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