Chinese classic texts/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Chinese classic texts.

The classic Confucian texts, composed before 200 B.C.E., forming the basis for Imperial Chinese political orthodoxy and educational and civil service examination systems; phrase may also refer to other and later texts