Chinese classics

Classic texts of Chinese literature Chinese classicsTraditional Chinese中國古籍 (Chinese: 中国经典; pinyin: Zhōng guó jīng diǎn)Simplified Chinese中国古籍TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinZhōngguó gǔjí History of literatureby era Ancient (corpora) Bronze Age Ancient Egyptian Akkadian Elamite Hattic Hittite Hurro-Urartian Luwian Lydian Sumerian Ugarit Classical Ancient Greek Ancient Hebrew Ancient Prakrit Aramaic Classical Chinese Classical Latin Parthian Phrygian Old Persian Old Tamil Sanskrit Syriac Early medieval Arabic Armenian Bactrian Byzantine Greek Coptic Gandhari Prakrit Geʽez Georgian Irish Japanese Kannada Korean Maharashtri Prakrit Pre-Proto-Mongolic Old Church Slavonic Old English Old German Old Khmer Old Malay Old Turkic Norse Pali Sabaic Saka Sogdian Telugu Tibetan Tocharian Welsh Medieval by century 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th Early modern by century 15th 16th 17th Modern by century 18th 19th Contemporary by century 20th 21st Literature portalvte The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC. Prominent examples include the Four Books and