中庸

Transliteration: Zhongyong

Author

Zisi

Language

Classical Chinese

Year

c. 500-450 BC

Country

Lu

Genre

Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

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The Doctrine of the Mean or Zhongyong is one of the Four Books of classical Chinese philosophy and a central doctrine of Confucianism. The text is attributed to Zisi, the only grandson of Confucius. It was originally a chapter in the Classic of Rites.