List of early Chinese texts
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This is an alphabetical list of early Chinese texts before end of the Han dynasty
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- CantongqiThe Kinship of the ThreeThe Cantong qi is deemed to be the earliest book on alchemy in China. The title has been variously translated as Kinship of the Three, Akinness of the Three, Triplex Unity, The Seal of the Unity of the Three, and in several other ways...
- Chuci
- Chunqiu
- Chunqiu Fanlu
- Chunqiu Gongyang zhuanGongyang ZhuanThe Gōngyáng Zhuàn is a commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals and one of the classic books of ancient Chinese history. It is believed to have been written by Zi-xia disciple Gongyang Gao of the State of Qi during the Warring States Period of Chinese history...
- Chunqiu Guliang zhuanGuliang ZhuanThe Gǔliáng Zhuàn is considered one of the classic books of ancient Chinese history. It is traditionally attributed to a writer with the surname of Guliang in the disciple tradition of Zi-xia , but versions of his name vary and there is no definitive way to date the text...
- Chunqiu shiyuChunqiu shiyuChunqiu shiyu is an early Chinese text written on silk which was unearthed in 1973 from the Tomb no. 3 at the 馬王堆 Mǎwángduī site in Chángshā, Húnán, China...
D
- Da Dai Liji
- Daodejing
- Daozang Wang Bi ben Laozi
- Dengxizi
- Dong guan Han ji
- Duduan
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- Hanfeizi
- Hanshi waizhuan
- Hanji
- Hanshu
- Heguanzi
- Heshang Gong ben Laozi ji Heshang Gong zhu
- HuainanziHuainanziThe Huáinánzǐ is a 2nd century BCE Chinese philosophical classic from the Han dynasty that blends Daoist, Confucianist, and Legalist concepts, including theories such as Yin-Yang and the Five Phases. It was written under the patronage of Liu An, Prince of Huainan, a legendarily prodigious author...
- Huangdi neijing suwen
- Huangdi sijingHuangdi SijingThe Huangdi sijing are long-lost Chinese manuscripts that were discovered among the Mawangdui Silk Texts. They are also known as the Huang-Lao boshu , in association with the "Huang-Lao" philosophy named after the legendary Huangdi and Laozi...
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- Laozi Daodejing
- Lienü zhuanLienü zhuanThe Lienü Zhuan is a ca. 18 BCE book compiled by the famous Han Dynasty scholar Liu Xiang. It includes 125 biographical accounts of women exemplars in early China, taken from Chinese histories like the Chun Qiu, Zuo Zhuan, and Shiji...
- Liexian ZhuanLiexian ZhuanThe Liexian Zhuan , edited by Liu Xiang , was the first Daoist hagiography. This collection of legendary xian biographies preceded the Shenxian zhuan attributed to Ge Hong .Like Liu Xiang's book the Lienü zhuan, the Liexian zhuan follows the lièzhuàn...
- LieziLieziThe Liezi is a Daoist text attributed to Lie Yukou, a circa 5th century BCE Hundred Schools of Thought philosopher, but Chinese and Western scholars believe it was compiled around the 4th century CE.-Textual history:...
- Liji
- Lingshu JingLingshu JingLingshu Jing , also known as Divine Pivot, Spiritual Pivot, or Numinous Pivot, is an ancient Chinese medical text whose earliest version was probably compiled in the 1st century BCE on the basis of earlier texts...
- LiutaoSix Secret TeachingsThe Six Secret Teachings , is a treatise on civil and military strategy traditionally attributed to the legendary figure Jiāng Zǐyá, a confederate of King Wen of Zhou, founder of the Zhou Dynasty, at around the eleventh century BC...
- LunhengLunhengThe Lunheng is a wide-ranging Chinese classic text containing critical essays by Wang Chong on natural science, Chinese mythology, philosophy, and literature.-Title:...
- Lunyu
- Lüshi ChunqiuLüshi ChunqiuThe Lüshi Chunqiu is an encyclopedic Chinese classic text compiled around 239 BCE under the patronage of the Qin Dynasty Chancellor Lü Buwei...
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- Shang Jun Shu
- Shangshu
- Shangshu dazhuan
- Shanhaijing
- Shenjian
- Shen Nong bencao jing
- Shenzi (Shen Buhai)
- Shenzi (Shen Dao)
- Shiji
- Shijing
- ShimingShimingThe Shìmíng is a Chinese dictionary that employed phonological glosses, and "is believed to date from c. 200 [CE]" . Its 1502 definitions attempt to establish semantic connections based upon puns between the word being defined and the word defining it, which is often followed with an explanation...
- Shĭzhòupiān (史籀篇)ShizhoupianShizhoupian refers to the Hàn dynasty etymological dictionary Shuōwén Jiézì, based on fragments of a compendium of roughly 800 BCE which was written in the late Western Zhōu script....
- ShiziShiziShizi may refer to the following places in mainland China or Taiwan:*Shizi, Langxi County , town in Langxi County, Anhui*Shizi, Quanjiao County , town in Quanjiao County, Anhui*Shihzih, Pingtung , township in Pingtung County, Taiwan...
:zh:尸子 - Shuihudi Qinmu zhujian (Shuihudi Qin bamboo texts)
- Shujing
- Shuowen JieziShuowen JieziThe Shuōwén Jiězì was an early 2nd century CE Chinese dictionary from the Han Dynasty. Although not the first comprehensive Chinese character dictionary , it was still the first to analyze the structure of the characters and to give the rationale behind them , as well as the first to use the...
(aka Shuowen) - Shuoyuan
- Sima fa
- Sunzi bingfa
- Sun Bin bingfa
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- Wei Liaozi
- WenziWenziThe Wenzi , or Tongxuan zhenjing , is a controversial Daoist classic allegedly written by a disciple of Laozi. Although generations of Chinese scholars have dismissed the Wenzi as a plagiarism or forgery, in 1973 archeologists excavating a 55 BCE tomb discovered a Wenzi copied on bamboo...
- Wushi'er bingfangWushi'er BingfangThe Wushi'er Bingfang , or Recipes for Fifty-Two Ailments, is an ancient Chinese medical text that was discovered in 1973 in Mawangdui in a tomb that was sealed in 168 BCE under the Han Dynasty. The text was copied in seal script on sheets of silk around 215 BCE, under the Qin Dynasty, but might...
- Wuwei Handai yijian
- Wu Yue chunqiu
- WuziWuziThe Wuzi is a classic Chinese work on military strategy attributed to Wu Qi. It is considered one of China's Seven Military Classics.It is said there were two books on the art of war by Wu Qi, but one was lost, hence leaving the Wuzi as the only existing book carrying Wu Qi's military thoughts....
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- Yu XinYu XinYu Xin was a poet of the Liang and Northern Zhou dynasties. He was born and raised in Jiangling, which was once the capital of Chu. His family was wealthy and aristocratic, and Yu became an important official of the Liang dynasty...
- Yan danzi :zh:燕丹子
- Yantie lun
- Yanzi chunqiu
- Yijing
- Yili
- Yilin
- Yinwenzi 尹文子 :de:Yin Wen
- Yizhoushu
- Yuejue shu
- Yuliaozi
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- Zhanguo ce
- Zhonglun
- Zhoubi suanjing
- Zhouli
- Zhouyi
- ZhuangziZhuangziZhuangzi was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, a period corresponding to the philosophical summit of Chinese thought — the Hundred Schools of Thought, and is credited with writing—in part or in whole—a work known by his name,...
- Zhushu jinianBamboo AnnalsThe Bamboo Annals is a chronicle of ancient China. It begins at the earliest legendary times and extends to the Warring States Period , particularly the history of the Wei state...
- Zi Gao 子羔 (Shanghai Museum corpus)
- Zuozhuan