This photo taken on April 21, 2023 shows a series of Confucian classics at the library of Peking University in Beijing, capital of China. Peking University announced Friday that the Confucian Canon Project had made a key achievement as it completed a compilation of the influential and representative Confucian classics in China. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Peking University announced Friday that the Confucian Canon Project had made a key achievement as it completed a compilation of the influential and representative Confucian classics in China.
A total of 510 Chinese Confucian writings have been compiled into 282 volumes after nearly two decades of effort. More than 400 scholars from almost 100 universities and institutions at home or abroad have dedicated themselves to the systematic collation and research of the writings.
In the next stage, another 160 pieces of Confucian works written in Chinese in the history of other countries, including Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Vietnam, are to be compiled.
With modern technical means and academic vision, the project aims to compile the collection of Confucian classics into an independent document system, covering more than 3000 domestic and overseas writings in the long run. ■
People visit an exhibition of the Confucian Canon Project at the library of Peking University in Beijing, capital of China, April 21, 2023. Peking University announced Friday that the Confucian Canon Project had made a key achievement as it completed a compilation of the influential and representative Confucian classics in China. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
