Editing Chinese classics (section)

===Thirteen Classics===
The official curriculum of the imperial examination system from the Song dynasty onward are the [[Thirteen Classics]]. In total, these works total to more than 600,000 characters that must be memorized in order to pass the examination. Moreover, these works are accompanied by extensive commentary and annotation, containing approximately 300 million characters by some estimates.

* ''[[I Ching]]''
* ''[[Book of Documents]]''
* ''[[Classic of Poetry]]''
* The Three Ritual Classics ({{zhi|c=三禮|p=Sānlǐ}})
** ''[[Rites of Zhou]]''
** ''[[Yili (text)|Ceremonies and Rites]]''
** ''[[Book of Rites]]''
*** "[[Great Learning]]" chapter ({{zhi|c=大學|p=Dà xué}})
*** "[[Doctrine of the Mean]]" chapter ({{zhi|c=中庸|p=Zhōng yōng}})
* The Three Commentaries on the ''[[Spring and Autumn Annals]]''
** ''[[Zuo Zhuan]]'' 
** ''[[Gongyang Zhuan|The Commentary of Gongyang]]''
** ''[[Guliang Zhuan|The Commentary of Guliang]]''
* ''[[Analects]]''
* ''[[Xiao Jing|Classic of Filial Piety]]''
* ''[[Erya]]''
* ''[[Mencius (book)|Mencius]]''