From childhood he studied the Book of Documents and the Book of Songs with his grandfather.
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usage
The same book as the 尚书, the name most used today. It was first called just 书 'the Documents'; the name 书经 puts it in line with the other classics, such as 诗经 and 易经.
history
It gathers speeches, announcements and oaths ascribed to the rulers and ministers of the Xia, Shang and Zhou, and its genuine chapters are among the oldest Chinese prose. Nearly half of the received text belongs to the 'Old Text' chapters now thought to have been written in the 4th century AD.
