四し書しょ

noun

the Four Books (Confucian texts)

Refers to the four core Confucian classics: the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Analects, and the Mencius. Used in historical and philosophical contexts.

• 四し書しょは儒じゅ教きょうの基き本ほん的てきな経きょう典てんです。

  The Four Books are the fundamental scriptures of Confucianism.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、多おおくの武ぶ士しが四し書しょを学まなびました。

  During the Edo period, many samurai studied the Four Books.