Wishing to establish order in their own states, they would first harmonize their families. The Ancients, wishing to illuminate with shining virtue all under heaven, would first establish order in their own states. How does the Ta Hsüeh emphasize the traditional Confucian value of the importance of knowledge? During the Song Dynasty (960-1280), the Ta Hsüeh was considered sufficiently important to be singled out as one of the canonical “Four Books.” Since both the Five Classics and the Four Books had to be memorized by Chinese students aspiring for a position in the Chinese civil service, the Ta-Hsüeh had to be studied twice. Literary analysis suggests that it was written in the 3rd century BCE. Originally the Ta Hsüeh was a chapter of the Li-chi, the “Book of Rites,” one of the five Chinese classics.
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