Four Books

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Four Books

Summary

Four Books is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Four Books authored Zhu Xi[3].
  • Four Books's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Four Books's instance of is recorded as tetrad[5].
  • Four Books is part of Four Books and Five Classics[6].
  • Four Books comprises Great Learning[7].
  • Four Books comprises Doctrine of the Mean[8].
  • Four Books comprises Analects[9].
  • Four Books comprises Mencius[10].
  • Four Books's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Four Books (Confucianism)[11].
  • Four Books's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[12].
  • Four Books's topic has template is recorded as Template:Four Books[13].
  • Four Books's derivative work is recorded as Four books[14].

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Authorship and Creation

Four Books authored Zhu Xi[3].

Publication

Four Books is part of it and Five Classics[6].

Why It Matters

Four Books ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Four Books. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/four-books
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_four-books_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Four Books}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/four-books}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 7d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 1FrBvd
    Instance of literary work, tetrad
    Topic has template Template:Four Books
    Has part(s) Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Analects +1
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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