The Great Learning

The Great Learning The Great Learning (simplified Chinese: 大学; traditional Chinese: 大學; pinyin: Dà Xué)[1] 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. “大学” 　　《大学》原本是《礼记》中一篇，在南宋前从未单独刊印。传为孔子弟子曾参（前505年—前434年）作。自唐代韩愈、李翱维护道统而推崇《大学》（与《中庸》），至北宋二程百般褒奖宣扬，甚至称“《大