Compilation
The book consists of 58 chapters , of which 33 are generally considered authentic works of the 6th century BC. The first five chapters of the book purport to preserve the sayings and recall the deeds of such illustrious emperors as and , who reigned during legendary age; the next 4 are devoted to the Xia Dynasty, the historicity of which has not been definitively established; the next 17 chapters deal with the Shang Dynasty and its collapse. The blame for this is placed on the last Shang ruler, who is described as oppressive, murderous, extravagant, and lustful. The final 32 chapters cover the Zhou Dynasty until the reign of Duke Mu of Qin. It contains examples of early Chinese prose, and is generally considered one of the Five Classics. The Shujing is possibly the earliest narrative of China, and may predate the ''Historiai'' of Herodotus as a history by a century. Many citations of the Shangshu can be found in the , in Hubei, dated to the 300 BC.
Transmitting of texts
In the transmission of the book, there are three main variations: the New Text version, the version, and the forged Old Text version.
* The first, transmitted by Fu Sheng after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, was a New Text version in 33 chapters , which had lost more than 72 chapters of the original.
* The second version was an Old Text version found by Prince Liu Yu and transmitted by Kong Anguo during the last half of the 2nd century BC, which added some 16 new chapters and were part of the Old Text Classics later championed by the scholar Liu Xin during the beginning of 1st century, the chapters were lost during the later times.
* The third, was a forged version of the Old Text with 26 chapters , which had been allegedly rediscovered by the scholar Mei Ze during the 4th century, and presented to the imperial court of the . His version consists of 59 chapters which stemmed from both 33 extended chapters and the final 26 chapters added. By then most of the versions of Old Text had been lost since then.
Since the Song Dynasty, starting from Zhu Xi, many doubts had been expressed concerning the provenance of the existing Old Text chapters of the book, but it was not until Yan Ruoju's research and the definitive conclusions he drew in his unpublished but widely distributed manuscript entitled ''Evidential analysis of the Old Text Documents'' that the question was considered settled by the 17th century.
Contents
| ## | Translation New Text version; "forged" Old Text version | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 虞書 | 堯典 | Document of Yu | The Canon of Yao |
| 02 | 舜典 | The Canon of Shun | ||
| 03 | 大禹謨 | The Counsels of Great Yu | ||
| 04 | 皋陶謨 | The Counsels of Gaotao | ||
| 05 | 益稷 | Yi and Ji | ||
| 06 | 夏書 | 禹貢 | Document of Xia | The Tribute of Yu |
| 07 | 甘誓 | The Speech at Gan | ||
| 08 | 五子之歌 | The Songs of the Five Brothers | ||
| 09 | 胤征 | The Punitive Expedition of Yin | ||
| 10 | 商書 | 湯誓 | Document of Shang | The Speech of Tang |
| 11 | 仲虺之誥 | The Announcement of Zhonghui | ||
| 12 | 湯誥 | The Announcement of Tang | ||
| 13 | 伊訓 | The Instructions of Yi | ||
| 14 | 太甲上中下 | King Taijia Part 1, 2 & 3 | ||
| 15 | 咸有一德 | The Common Possession of Pure Virtue | ||
| 16 | 盤庚上中下 | King Pangeng Part 1, 2 & 3 | ||
| 17 | 說命上中下 | The Charge to Yue Part 1, 2 & 3 | ||
| 18 | 高宗肜日 | The Day of the Supplementary Sacrifice of King Gaozong | ||
| 19 | 西伯戡黎 | The Chief of the West 's Conquest of Li | ||
| 20 | 微子 | Prince Weizi | ||
| 21 | 周書 | 泰誓上中下 | Document of Zhou | The Great Speech Part 1, 2 & 3 |
| 22 | 牧誓 | The Speech at Muye | ||
| 23 | 武成 | The Successful Completion of the War | ||
| 24 | 洪範 | The Great Plan | ||
| 25 | 旅獒 | The Hounds of Lu | ||
| 26 | 金滕 | The Golden Coffer | ||
| 27 | 大誥 | The Great Announcement | ||
| 28 | 微子之命 | The Charge to Prince Weizi | ||
| 29 | 康誥 | The Announcement to Prince Kang | ||
| 30 | 酒誥 | The Announcement about Drunkenness | ||
| 31 | 梓材 | The Timber of Rottlera | ||
| 32 | 召誥 | The Announcement of Duke Shao | ||
| 33 | 洛誥 | The Announcement Concerning Luoyang | ||
| 34 | 多士 | The Numerous Officers | ||
| 35 | 無逸 | Against Luxurious Ease | ||
| 36 | 君奭 | Lord Shi | ||
| 37 | 蔡仲之命 | The Charge to Cai Zhong | ||
| 38 | 多方 | The Numerous Regions | ||
| 39 | 立政 | The Establishment of Government | ||
| 40 | 周官 | The Offices of Zhou | ||
| 41 | 君陳 | Lord Chen | ||
| 42 | 顧命 | The Testamentary Charge | ||
| 43 | 康王之誥 | The Announcement of King Kang | ||
| 44 | 畢命 | The Charge to the Duke of Bi | ||
| 45 | 君牙 | Lord Ya | ||
| 46 | 冏命 | The Charge to Jiong | ||
| 47 | 呂刑 | Marquis Lu on Punishments | ||
| 48 | 文侯之命 | The Charge to Marquis Wen | ||
| 49 | 費誓 | The Speech at Fei | ||
| 50 | 秦誓 | The Speech of Qin | ||
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