Four Books — Distinguish from The Four Books, which are Shi a Muslim collections of hadiths. The Four Books of Confucianism (zh tp|t=四書|p=Sì Shū) (not to be confused with the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature), are Chinese classic texts that… … Wikipedia
Four Books and Five Classics — The Four Books and Five Classics (zh tsp|t=四書五經|s=四书五经|p=Sìshū Wŭjīng) are the authoritative books of Confucianism in China written before 300 BC.Four BooksThe Four Books are Chinese classic texts that Zhu Xi selected, in the Song dynasty, as an… … Wikipedia
The Four Books — Distinguish from the Four Books of Chinese Confucianism. The Four Books (Arabic: الكتب الاربعة Al Kutub Al Arbʿah ) is a Twelver Shiʿa term referring to their four best known hadith collections.The books are: Shi a Muslims use this different set… … Wikipedia
Four Great Inventions — Five major steps in papermaking, outlined by Cai Lun in AD 105 Traditional Chinese 四大發明 … Wikipedia
Four Ancient Books of Wales — The Four Ancient Books of Wales is a term coined by William Forbes Skene to describe four important medieval manuscripts written in Middle Welsh and dating from the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. They contain primarily texts of poetry and prose … Wikipedia
Books of Samuel — The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: Sefer Sh muel ספר שמואל) are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaism s Hebrew Bible) and also of the Christian Old Testament. The work was originally written in Hebrew, and the Book(s) of Samuel originally formed a single … Wikipedia
four — /fawr, fohr/, n. 1. a cardinal number, three plus one. 2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips. 5. fours, Jazz. alternate four bar… … Universalium
Books on British railway accidents — There are a number of books on British railway accidents which provide aid in the systematic study of the causes and effects of accidents, and their prevention. There are common themes in many accidents (see Classification). Key books are listed… … Wikipedia
Four Great Classical Novels — The Four Great Classical Novels, or Four Major Classical Novels (zh c|c=四大名著) of Chinese literature, are the four novels commonly counted by scholars to be the greatest and most influential in classical Chinese fiction. Well known to every… … Wikipedia
Four happiness boys — The image of the Four Happiness Boys is believed to have began sometime during the Ming Dynasty (1368 1644) by a child prodigy by the name of Jie Jin. By the age of five, this remarkable child had studied and mastered the ancient Chinese ‘Four… … Wikipedia
