四し書しょ五ご経きょう

noun

the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism

Refers to the canonical texts of Confucianism: the Four Books (四書) and the Five Classics (五経). A yojijukugo used in historical and philosophical contexts.

• 四し書しょ五ご経きょうは、かつて中ちゅう国ごくや日本にほんの儒じゅ学がく者しゃたちの必ひつ読どく書しょだった。

  The Four Books and Five Classics were once required reading for Confucian scholars in China and Japan.