Ngũ kinh

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Ngũ Kinh

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 五經, composed of 五 (“five”) and 經 (“classics”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ kïŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ kɨn˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ kɨn˧˧]

Proper noun

(Confucianism) the Five Classics (pre-Qin Chinese books that form part of the traditional Confucian canon)

Coordinate terms

Tứ thư Ngũ kinh (四書五經, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

Tứ thư (四書, “Four Books”)

Đại Học (大學, “Great Learning”)
Trung Dung (中庸, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
Luận Ngữ (論語, “Analects”)
Mạnh Tử (孟子, “Mencius”)

Ngũ kinh (五經, “Five Classics”)

Kinh Thi (經詩, “Classic of Poetry”)
Kinh Thư (經書, “Book of Documents”)
Kinh Lễ (經禮, “Book of Rites”)
Kinh Dịch (經易, “I Ching”)
Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)