四书即《论语》、《孟子》、《中庸》、《大学》这四部著作的总称。 指儒家的五部经典，包括《诗经》、《尚书》、《礼记》、《易经》、《春秋》。

The Four Books is the joint name of four Chinese classic works of Confucianism. They are The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, and The Mencius. The Five Classics is a corpus of five ancient Chinese books used by Confucianism as the basis of studies. They are The Book of Songs, The Book of History, The Book of Rites, The Book of Changes, and The Spring and Autumn Annals.