Timeline

Works and authors ordered by dynastic period

先秦 Pre-Qin 551–221 BCE
~1000 BCE Classic of Poetry 詩經 Shījīng ~900 BCE Classic of Documents 書經 Shūjīng ~800 BCE Classic of Changes 易經 Yìjīng ~480 BCE Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 Chūnqiū ·Confucius ~475 BCE The Analects 論語 Lúnyǔ ·Confucius ~450 BCE The Great Learning 大學 Dàxué ·Zengzi ~450 BCE The Doctrine of the Mean 中庸 Zhōngyōng ·Zisi ~300 BCE Mencius 孟子 Mèngzǐ ·Mencius ~300 BCE Xunzi 荀子 Xúnzǐ ·Xunzi 1st c. BCE Book of Rites 禮記 Lǐjì
漢 Han Dynasty 206 BCE–220 CE
~139 BCE Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn 春秋繁露 Chūnqiū Fánlù ·Dong Zhongshu
唐 Tang Dynasty 618–907
~803 Inquiry into the Way 原道 Yuándào ·Han Yu
宋 Song Dynasty 960–1279
1050 Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate 太極圖說 Tàijí Túshuō ·Zhou Dunyi 1176 Reflections on Things at Hand 近思錄 Jìnsī Lù ·Zhu Xi ~1190 Collected Commentaries on the Four Books 四書章句集注 Sìshū Zhāngjù Jízhù ·Zhu Xi
明 Ming Dynasty 1368–1644
1527 Instructions for Practical Living 傳習錄 Chuánxí Lù ·Wang Yangming
清 Qing Dynasty 1644–1912
~1660 Record of Daily Knowledge 日知錄 Rìzhī Lù ·Gu Yanwu ~1670 Waiting for the Dawn 明夷待訪錄 Míngyí Dàifǎng Lù ·Huang Zongxi
現代 Modern 1900–present
1958 New Confucian Manifesto 新儒家宣言 Xīn Rújiā Xuānyán ·Tang Junyi 1963 A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy 中國哲學資料書 Zhōngguó Zhéxué Zīliào Shū ·Wing-tsit Chan