The Great Learning

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• The Great Learning was one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism.
• The Great Learning had come from a chapter in the Classic of Rites which formed one of the Five Classics.
• It consists of a short main text attributed to the teachings of Confucius and then ten commentary chapters accredited to one of Confucius' disciples, Zengzi.
• The ideals of the book were supposedly Confucius's; however the text was written after his death.
• The "Four Books" were selected by the neo-Confucian Zhu Xi during the Song Dynasty as a foundational introduction to Confucianism and examinations for the state civil service in China.

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