大學
Dàxué · The Great Learning
Zengzi · ~450 BCE
Four Books 四書

Program of self-cultivation in eight steps: investigate, extend knowledge, sincerity, rectify the heart, cultivate the self, order the family, govern the state, pacify the world.

Commentaries

Zhu Xi大學章句 (1190)
Wang Yangming大學問 (1527)

Recommended Translations

James Legge (English, 1861)
Daoxue Academy (English, 2025)
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