Tứ thư Ngũ kinh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 四書五經, composed of 四書 (“Four Books”) and 五經 (“Five Classics”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Tứ thư Ngũ kinh

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

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”)