十三种儒家文献取得“经”的地位，经过了一个相当长的时期。在汉代，以《易》、《诗》、《书》、《礼》、《春秋》为“五经”，官方颇为重视，立于学官。唐代有“九经”，也立于学官，并用以取士。所谓“九经”包括《易》、《诗》、《书》、《周礼》、《仪礼》、《礼记》和《春秋》三传。唐文宗开成年间于国子学刻石，所镌内容除“九经”外，又益以《论语》、《尔雅》、《孝经》。五代时蜀主孟昶刻“十一经”，排除《孝经》、《尔雅》，收入《孟子》，《孟子》首次跻入诸经之列。南宋硕儒朱熹以《礼记》中的《大学》、《中庸》与《论语》、《孟子》并列，形成了今天人们所熟知的《四书》，并为官方所认可，《孟子》正式成为“经”。至此，儒家的十三部文献确立了它的经典地位。清乾隆时期，镌刻《十三经》经文于石，阮元又合刻《十三经注疏》，从此，“十三经”之称及其在儒学典籍中的尊崇地位更加深入人心。-Thirteen kinds of Confucian literature made " by " position, after a fairly long period of time. In the Han Dynasty, with the " easy ", " poetry ", " book ", " ritual ", " spring and Autumn " as " classics ", the official is quite seriously, an official school. The Tang Dynasty ", is also an official school, and used to take person. The so-called " including " easy ", " poetry ", " book ", " Zhou ", " ritual ", " book of Rites " and " spring and Autumn " in three. Tang Wenzong adult in public school stele, the new content except ", and " the Analects of Confucius ", " Yi to Ya ", " filial piety ". The five generation shuzhumengchang engraved " eleven ", " book of filial piety, " Ya " exclusion " income ", " Mencius, " Mencius " ascend in the row for the first time by. The Southern Song Dynasty Zhu Xi " book of Rites " profoundly learned and highly to the " University ", " the doctrine of the mean " and " the Analects of Confucius ", " Mencius " juxtaposition, formed today known as the