These are the core study materials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Books_and_Five_Classics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Books_and_Five_Classics They

These are the core study materials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Books_and_Five_Classics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Books_and_Five_Classics They have some philosophical values that were progressive for the time they were written (before 300BC), but by the 1800's they were as useless for adapting to an industrialized modern world as Abrahamic scripture. The disconnect between Keju study materials and realistic administrative responsibilities of bureaucrats have existed for as long as Keju itself.