Four Books
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The Four Books are a collection of Confucian classics that became the foundational texts for moral philosophy and official education in imperial China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Four Books canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Four Books Context triple: [Chinese imperial examination system, coreText, Four Books]
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A.
The Stone Book Quartet
The Stone Book Quartet is a sequence of four interlinked novellas by Alan Garner that explore generations of a Cheshire family through richly crafted, myth-infused realist storytelling.
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B.
Book 4
Book 4 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," continuing his critique of pagan religion and Roman civic life.
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C.
Five Scrolls
The Five Scrolls are a collection of five biblical books in the Hebrew Bible—Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther—traditionally read on specific Jewish festivals.
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D.
The Books of Beginning
The Books of Beginning is a middle-grade fantasy trilogy by John Stephens that follows three siblings who discover they are linked to three powerful magical books capable of reshaping the world.
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E.
The Trilogy
The Trilogy is a renowned series of three interlinked novels by Samuel Beckett that explore themes of identity, existence, and decay through experimental, minimalist prose.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Four Books Target entity description: The Four Books are a collection of Confucian classics that became the foundational texts for moral philosophy and official education in imperial China.
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A.
The Stone Book Quartet
The Stone Book Quartet is a sequence of four interlinked novellas by Alan Garner that explore generations of a Cheshire family through richly crafted, myth-infused realist storytelling.
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B.
Book 4
Book 4 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," continuing his critique of pagan religion and Roman civic life.
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C.
Five Scrolls
The Five Scrolls are a collection of five biblical books in the Hebrew Bible—Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther—traditionally read on specific Jewish festivals.
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D.
The Books of Beginning
The Books of Beginning is a middle-grade fantasy trilogy by John Stephens that follows three siblings who discover they are linked to three powerful magical books capable of reshaping the world.
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E.
The Trilogy
The Trilogy is a renowned series of three interlinked novels by Samuel Beckett that explore themes of identity, existence, and decay through experimental, minimalist prose.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese classic text collection
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Confucian classic ⓘ philosophical text collection ⓘ |
| becameCoreCurriculumIn |
Ming dynasty
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Qing dynasty ⓘ Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| circulationRegion | East Asia ⓘ |
| compilationCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Zhu Xi ⓘ |
| compilerInstanceOf | Zhu Xi ⓘ |
| containsCommentaryBy | Zhu Xi ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| educationalRole | introductory curriculum to Confucian learning ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
filial piety
ⓘ
humaneness (ren) ⓘ ritual propriety (li) ⓘ the Mean (zhongyong) ⓘ
linked to:
zhongyong
the Way (dao) ⓘ
linked to:
School of the Dao
|
| hasPart |
Analects
ⓘ
Doctrine of the Mean ⓘ Great Learning ⓘ Mencius ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Song dynasty ⓘ |
| inCanonOf | Chinese classics ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian education
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Japanese Confucianism ⓘ Korean Confucianism ⓘ Vietnamese Confucianism ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Neo-Confucianism ⓘ |
| precededBy | Five Classics ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
ethics
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moral philosophy ⓘ proper governance ⓘ self-cultivation ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Confucian moral education
ⓘ
civil service examination system ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Confucianism ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Zhu Xi ⓘ |
| statusInImperialChina | authoritative canon ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
scholar-officials
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students preparing for examinations ⓘ |
| textualForm | anthology of earlier sayings and treatises ⓘ |
| usedFor |
imperial civil service examinations
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official education in imperial China ⓘ |
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Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
imperial academy
subject linked to:
seonggyungwan national academy
subject linked to:
Guozijian (Imperial Academy of China)