六經皆史
liù​jīng​jiē​shǐ

the Six Classics are all history

  • created sense approved 六经皆史/六經皆史 · liù​jīng​jiē​shǐ · the Six Classics are all history — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    六经皆史 / 六經皆史

    liù​jīng​jiē​shǐ

    the Six Classics are all history

    The historiographical theory that the Six Classics (the [[易经|易經|yi4 jing1]], [[书经|書經|shu1 jing1]], [[诗经|詩經|shi1 jing1]], [[礼记|禮記|li3 ji4]], [[乐经|樂經|yue4 jing1]], and [[春秋|春秋|chun1 qiu1]]) should be viewed as historical records of ancient culture and government rather than purely as works of moral philosophy or sacred scripture

    六经 (literal) → 六经/六經 · liù​jīng · Six Classics 皆 (literal) → 皆 · jiē · all 史 (literal) → 史 · shǐ · history

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense