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analects the collected sayings of Confucius, one of the Four Books of Confucianism Dao the mysterious orgin of the universe which is present and visible in everything Tao te ching the central text of Daoism. five classics The classical literature of the time preceding Confucius, including poetry, history, and divination. Listen (51.0K) four books The major Confucian books, which include the sayings of Confucius and Mencius. chun tzu the Confucian gentleman legalists The strictist of the Chinease philosophical schools, which advocated strong laws and punishments li appropriate action, ritual, propriety, etiquette mohists A chinese school of philosophy that taught universal love jen Chinese "goodness" the supreme human virtue, doing one's best to treat others as one would wish to be treated shu a basic principle of Confucian ethics that says not to do to others what you would not want them to do to you wen cultural refinement wu wei "No Action", "no strain"; doing only what comes spontaneously and naturally; effortless xiao filial piety, the virtue of reverence and respect for family (CONFUCIANISM) yijing book of changes- used in confucianism and daoism chuang tzu Taoism's second founder; the second foundational text of Taoism containing teachings fom Chuang Tzu