Book of Documents 尚書
An early collection of proclamations and instructions attributed to the founders of the Zhou dynasty, with English translation by James Legge
- 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao
- 虞書 丹朱（伪） Yu Shu - Dan Zhu (forged)
- 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun
- 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu
- 虞書 皐陶謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Gao Yao
- 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji
- 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu
- 夏書 禹誓（伪） Xia Shu - Yu Shi (forged)
- 夏書 甘誓 Xia Shu - Speech at Gan
- 夏書 五子之歌 Xia Shu - Songs of the Five Sons
- 夏書 胤征 Xia Shu - Punitive Expedition of Yin
- 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang
- 商書 仲虺之誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Zhong-hui
- 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang
- 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi
- 商書 太甲上 Shang Shu - Tai Jia I
- 商書 太甲中 Shang Shu - Tai Jia II
- 商書 太甲下 Shang Shu - Tai Jia III
- 商書 咸有一德 Shang Shu - Common Possession of Pure Virtue
- 商書 盤庚上 Shang Shu - Pan Geng I
- 商書 盤庚中 Shang Shu - Pan Geng II
- 商書 盤庚下 Shang Shu - Pan Geng III
- 商書 說命上（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue I (forged)
- 商書 說命中（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue II (forged)
- 商書 說命下（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged)
- 商書 高宗肜日 Shang Shu - Day of the Supplementary Sacrifice to Gao
- 商書 西伯戡黎 Shang Shu - Chief of the west's Conquest of Li
- 商書 微子 Shang Shu - Count of Wei
- 周書 泰誓上 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration I
- 周書 泰誓中 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration II
- 周書 泰誓下 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration III
- 周書 牧誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Mu
- 周書 武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War
- 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan
- 周書 旅獒 Zhou Shu - Hounds of Lu
- 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer
- 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement
- 周書 微子之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Count of Wei
- 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang
- 周書 酒誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement about Drunkenness
- 周書 梓材 Zhou Shu - Timber of the Rottlera
- 周書 召誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of the Duke of Shao
- 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo
- 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers
- 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease
- 周書 君奭 Zhou Shu - Prince Shi
- 周書 蔡仲之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to Zhong of Cai
- 周書 多方 Zhou Shu - Numerous Regions
- 周書 立政 Zhou Shu - Establishment of Government
- 周書 周官 Zhou Shu - Officers of Zhou
- 周書 君陳 Zhou Shu - Jun-chen
- 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge
- 周書 康王之誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of King Kang
- 周書 畢命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Duke of Bi
- 周書 君牙 Zhou Shu - Kun-ya
- 周書 冏命 Zhou Shu - Charge to Jiong
- 周書 呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments
- 周書 文侯之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Marquis Wen
- 周書 費誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Bi
- 周書 秦誓 Zhou Shu - Speech of the Marquis of Qin
Source: Wikisource, accessed 2018-04-21 https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/尚書
English translations
- Legge, James 1865, Sacred Books of the East, Vol. III, A Translation of the Book of Documents, Classic of History, or Shujing, Hong Kong and London: Trubner and Co., Part I: https://archive.org/details/chineseclassics07legggoog, Part II: https://archive.org/details/chineseclassics01minggoog, also at https://ctext.org/shang-shu
- Watson B, David S Nivison, and Irene Bloom 1999, “Classical Sources of Chinese Tradition,” In W M Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition: Volume One from Earliest Times to 1600, pp. 29-36, Chapter 2. Partial translation.
Discussion
- Shaughnessy, E L 1993, “Shang shu 尚書,” In Michael Loewe, (ed.) Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide, Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China, pp. 376-389.
- Schaberg, David 2017, 'Chapter 12: Classics (Jing 經),' in Denecke, Wiebke, Wai-Yee Li, and Xiaofei Tian (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature (1000 BCE-900CE), New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 174-176.