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The Mengzi 孟子 "Master Meng" is a collection of stories of the Confucian philosopher Meng Ke 孟轲 (385-304 or 372-289 BCE, latinized as "Mencius") and his discussions with rulers, disciples and adversaries. It is part of the Confucian canon as one of the Sishu 四书 "Four Books".

The Shangshu 尚书 "Documents of the elder" , also called Shujing 书经 "Book of documents", is one of the five ancient Confucian classics (wujing 五经). It is a collection of speeches made by rulers and important politicians from mythical times to the mid of the Western Zhou period 西周 (11th cent – 770 BC). The Shangshuconsists of five parts. The first and shortest is the Tangshu 唐书 "Book of Tang" (i. e. the mythical Emperor Yao 尧); the second is the Yushu 虞书 "Book of Yu" (i. e. mythical Emperor Shun 舜); the third is the Xiashu 夏书 "Book of the Xia dynasty" 夏 (17th to 15th cent. BC), followed by the Shangshu 商书 "Book of the Shang dynasty" 商 (17th to 11th cent. BC), and finally the Zhoushu 周书 "Book of the Zhou dynasty" 周 (11th. cent.-221 BC).