Li Xuan looked at the agitated crowd of Confucian disciples before him, their emotions brimming with indignation, yet his face remained calm and composed as usual.
"The Book of Documents" is the foremost among the Five Classics and the core canon of Confucianism.
"Shang" means "supreme," and "The Book of Documents" signifies a book from the ancient times, said to be derived from the ancient texts known as "the Three Rites and the Five Canons."
However, "The Book of Documents" is divided into ancient and modern texts.
The modern version was orally transmitted by the Great Qin scholar Fu Sheng during the early Han Dynasty, consisting of twenty-eight chapters.
The ancient version is said to have been discovered by Liu Yu, the son of Emperor Jing of Lu, inside the walls of Confucius's former residence, containing twenty-five more chapters than the modern version.
