I. Wu Jing ("Five Canonical Works")

1. I Jing ("Book of Changes") (3000 B.C.E.)

2. Shu Jing ("Book of Historical Records") (2300 B.C.E.)

3. Shi Jing ("Book of Odes") (800 B.C.E.)

4. Li Ji ("Book of Rites")

5. Chun Qiu ("Spring and Autumn Annals")

II. Si Shu ("Four Books")

1. Yun Lu ("Analects") by Confucius (480 B.C.E.)

2. Da Xue ("Great Learning") by Zeng Shen, disciple of Confucius (440 B.C.E.)

3. Zhong Yong ("Doctrine of the Mean") by Kong Ji, grandson of Confucius

4. Mengzi ("Sayings of Mencius") by Mencius (300 B.C.E.)

III. Later additions to the Confucian canon

1. Zhou Li ("Rites of the Zhou") (400 B.C.E.)

2. Yi Li ("The Etiquette and Rites")

3. Xiao Jing ("Classic of Filial Piety") (505 B.C.E.)

4. Luxuriant Gems of the Annals by Dong Zhong-shu (130 B.C.E.)

5. Dai De and Dai Sheng by Li Ji (100 B.C.E.)

6. Zhong Yong ("Center of Harmony") by Zi-si (440 B.C.E.)