Versions of the Confucian Canon

by Thomas Wilson
Hamilton College


Tang
Imperial Edition (653)
Correct Meaning of the Five Classics
Ed. Kong Yingda, et al.

Mao Odes: Mao Heng (3rd c. B.C.)
Record of Rites: Zheng Xuan (127-200)
Book of Documents: Kong Anguo (156-174?)
Zhou Changes: Wang Bi (226-249)
Zuo Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals: Du Yu (222-284)
 


Tang-Song
Nine Classics

Zheng Xuan (127-200), Mao Odes
_______, Record of Rites
_______, Rites of Zhou
_______, Ceremonial Rites
Kong Anguo (156-174?), Ancient Text Book of Documents
Wang Bi (226-249), Zhou Changes
Du Yu (222-284), Zuo Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals
He Xiu (129-182), Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals
Fan Ning, (339-401), Guliang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals
 


Yüan
The Four Books and Five Classics

Zhu Xi (1130-1200), Analects
_______, Mencius
_______, Great Learning
_______, Doctrine of the Mean
_______, Basic Meaning of the Zhou Changes
Cai Shen, (1167-1230), Collected Commentaries on the Book of Documents
Zhu Xi (1130-1200), Collected Commentaries on the Four Books
Chen Hao (fl. Yuan dynasty), Collected Explanations on the Record of Rites
Hu Anguo (1074-1138), Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals
 


Ming
Imperial Edition (1415)
Great Collection of the Four Books and Five Classics
Ed. Hu Guang, et al.

Four Books: Ni Shiyi
Change: Dong Zhenqing, Hu Yigui, Hu Bingwen
Odes: Zhu Xi
Documents: Chen Shikai
Rites: Chen Hao
Spring and Autumn Annals: Wang Kekuan, Li Lian
 


Qing
Commentaries on the Thirteen Classics (1797)
Ed. Ruan Yuan

Wang Bi (226-249), Zhou Changes
Kong Yingda (574-648), Book of Documents
_______, Mao Odes
_______, Record of Rites
Jia Gongyan (fl. 655), Rites of Zhou
_______, Ceremonial Rites
He Xiu (129-182), Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals
Fan Ning (339-401), Guliang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals
Du Yu(222-284), Zuo Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals
He Yan (d. 249), Analects
Xing Bing (932-1010), Filial Piety
_______, Erya
Sun Shi (962-1033), Mencius