四書五経

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	書	五	経
し Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2	ご Grade: 1	きょう Grade: 5
goon

Alternative spelling
四書五經 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 四書五經 (Sìshūwǔjīng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ししょごきょー [shíꜜshò gòkyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ɕo̞ ɡo̞kʲo̞ː]

Proper noun

四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) • (Shisho Gokyō) ^{←ししよごきやう (Sisyo Gokyau)?}

1. (Confucianism) Four Books and Five Classics (chinese texts that serve as the authoritative works of Confucianism)

Coordinate terms

四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) (Shisho Gokyō, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

四(し)書(しょ) (Shisho, “Four Books”)

• 大(だい)学(がく) (Daigaku, “Great Learning”)
• 中(ちゅう)庸(よう) (Chūyō, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
• 論(ろん)語(ご) (Rongo, “Analects”)
• 孟(もう)子(し) (Mōshi, “Mencius”)

五(ご)経(きょう) (Gokyō, “Five Classics”)

• 詩(しき)経(ょう) (Shikyō, “Classic of Poetry”)
• 書(しょ)経(きょう) (Shokyō, “Book of Documents”)
• 礼(らい)記(き) (Raiki, “Book of Rites”)
• 易(えき)経(きょう) (Ekikyō, “I Ching”)
• 春(しゅん)秋(じゅう) (Shunjū, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)

References

• “四書五経”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026