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List of early Chinese texts 
Summary
Many early Chinese texts were composed before the End of the Han dynasty in 220 CE. They involved numerous Confucian classics, such as the Four Books and Five Classics, alongside poetry, dictionaries, histories and surveys on topics such as mathematics, astronomy, music and medicine, among others.
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- Baihu tong 白虎通, 1 c. CE
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- Da Dai Liji
- Daodejing
- Daozang Wang Bi ben Laozi
- Dengxizi
- Dong guan Han ji
- Duduan
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- Han Feizi
- Han shi waizhuan
- Hàn-jī
- Hanshu
- Hei An Zhuan [Epic of Darkness]
- Heguanzi
- Heshang Gong ben Laozi ji Heshang Gong zhu
- Huainanzi
- Huangdi neijing suwen
- Huangdi sijing
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- Jiuzhang suanshu
- Jizhong Zhoushu
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- Kongzi jiayu 孔子家語
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- Maoshi
- Mengzi
- Mozi
- Mu Tianzi Zhuan (Tale of King Mu)
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- Qianfu lun
- Qian Hanji
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- Rong Cheng shi 容成氏 (Shanghai Museum corpus)
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- San Guo Yan Yi (Romance of The Three Kingdoms)
- Shang Jun Shu
- Shangshu
- Shangshu dazhuan
- Shanhaijing
- Shennong Ben Cao Jing
- Shenzi (Shen Buhai)
- Shenzi (Shen Dao)
- Shiji
- Shijing
- Shiming
- Shĭzhòupiān (史籀篇)
- Shizi
- Shuihudi Qinmu zhujian (Shuihudi Qin bamboo texts)
- Shujing
- Shuowen Jiezi (aka Shuowen)
- Shuoyuan
- Sima fa
- Sunzi bingfa
- Sun Bin bingfa
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- Taixuanjing
- Taiyi Shengshui
- Tang Yu zhi Dao 唐虞之道 (Guodian)
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- Wei Liaozi
- Wenzi
- Wushi'er bingfang
- Wuwei Handai yijian
- Wu Yue chunqiu
- Wuzi
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- Yu Xin
- Yan danzi zh:燕丹子
- Yantie lun (Discourses on Salt and Iron)
- Yanzi chunqiu
- Yijing
- Yili
- Yilin
- Yinwenzi 尹文子 de:Yin Wen
- Yizhoushu
- Yuejue shu
- Yuejing [Classic of Music]
- Yuliaozi
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- Zhanguo ce
- Zhonglun
- Zhoubi suanjing
- Zhouli
- Zhouyi
- Zhuangzi
- Zhushu jinian
- Zi Gao 子羔 (Shanghai Museum corpus)
- Zuozhuan
References edit
- Loewe, Michael (1993). Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Berkeley: The Society for the Study of Early China and the Institute of East Asian Studies. OCLC 1348979043.
- Wilkinson, Endymion (2018). Chinese History: A New Manual (5th ed.). Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-9988883-0-9.