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List of Chinese classics up to the end of the Zhou Dynasty. Contains compilations from later dynasties of texts dating from this period.
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Mencius
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The Book of Documents
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I Ching (Book of Changes), The: A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text
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The Art of War
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The Analects
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The Most Venerable Book - Shang Shu
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大學 / 中庸: The Great Learning / The Doctrine of the Mean
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Xunzi: The Complete Text
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The Daodejing of Laozi
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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
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The Book of Lord Shang - A Classic of the Chinese School of Law
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Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings
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The Book of Master Mo
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Songs of Chu
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Strategies of the Warring States: Zhan Guo Ce 战国策
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The I-Li, or Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial
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The Book of Rites
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Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan: Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals
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Stephen Durrant (Translator)
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Classic of Poetry: Shijing
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Xiaojing: The Classic of Filial Piety in Chinese and English
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Spring and Autumn Annals
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