the books 13 ks of confucius Can the chinese scriptures or sacred books were compiled and partly composed by confucius himself they are divided into five books viz 1 the yi king which treats wholly offos of cosmogony mo gony 2 shu king the acts and wise maxims of daoa shun and other chinese kings and philosophers who are now held in great veneration S shi king which contains sacred poems 4 ee ec kin king or the book of rites which is a repository of max maxims and directions for everyday life of all sorts and conditions of people 5 chuu chuo tsien which is a history of the time of confucius these books taken collectively are usually referred to in lists of bibles odthe of the world as the five kings the word wor dking bilig in this connection simply means book 11