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書經

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Mandarin · pinyin Shū jīng

the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經 Wǔ jīng, a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經 Shàng shū jīng, 尚書 Shàng shū, 書 Shū

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书: shū · book, letter, document; writings
经: jīng · classic works; pass through

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name · Etymology 1

Book of Documents (a collection of documents and speeches alleged to have been written by rulers and officials of the early Zhou Dynasty and before)

verb · Etymology 2

(literary) to copy Buddhist scriptures by hand

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