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# The '' Classic Of Changes '' or ''I Ching'' (易經 Yì Jīng), a manual of divination based on the eight Trigram s attributed to the mythical emperor Fu Xi . (By Confucius' time these eight trigrams had been multiplied to sixty-four Hexagram s.) The ''I Ching'' is still used by adherents of folk religion. # The '' Classic Of Poetry '' or The Book of Odes (詩經 Shi Jing ), made up of 305 poems divided into 160 folk songs; 74 minor festal songs, traditionally sung at court festivities; 31 major festal songs, sung at more solemn court ceremonies; and 40 hymns and eulogies, sung at sacrifices to gods and ancestral spirits of the royal house. This book is traditionally credited as a compilation from Confucius. # The '' Classic Of Rites '' (禮記 Lǐ Jì), social forms and ceremonies (also spelled ''Liki''), a restoration of the original Lijing, lost in the third century B.C., describes ancient rites and court ceremonies. # The '' Classic Of History '' (書經 Shū Jīng) is a collection of documents and speeches alleged to have been written by rulers and officials of the early Zhou period and before. It contains examples of early Chinese prose. # The '' Spring And Autumn Annals '' (春秋 Chūn Qiū, also known as 麟經 Lín Jīng), a historical record of the State Of Lu , Confucius' native state, from 722 B.C. to 479 B.C. written (or edited) by Confucius , with implied condemnation of usurpations, murder, incest, etc.
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