1. 六藝經緯 Liuyi jingwei - The six classical and paraclassical arts (Confucian Classics) (627 books)
易經 Yijing - Text and commentaries on the Book of Changes (70 books)
尚書 Shangshu - Text and commentaries on the Book of Documents (32 books)
詩經 Shijing - Text and commentaries on the Book of Songs (41 books)
禮記 Liji - Text and commentaries on the Rites (137 books)
樂 Yue - Books on music (44 books)
春秋 Chunqiu - Text and commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals (104 books)
孝經 Xiaojing - Text and commentaries on the Book of Filial Piety (20 books)
論語 Lunyu - Text and commentaries on the Confucian Analects (74 books)
讖緯 Chenwei Apocryphal texts 13 books
小學 Xiaoxue Elementary learning and lexicography 111 books

2. 史 Shi Historiography (117 books)
正史 Zhengshi official dynastic histories and commentaries (67 books) /standard histories
古史 Gushi - Histories of antiquity (34 books) / ancient histories
雜史 Zashi - Miscellaneous histories (72 books) / idem
霸史 Bashi - Histories of competitive states in China (27 books) / usurpwr histories
起居注 Qijuzhu - Imperial diaries (44 books) / court diaries
舊事 Jiushi - Books about "ancient affairs" (25 books) / prior matters
職官 Zhiguan - Books on state offices (27 books) / official system
儀注 Yizhu - Books on state rituals (59 books) / ceremonial rules
刑法 Faxing - Law canons (35 books) / penal codes
雜傳 Zazhuan - Miscellaneous biographies (217 books) / idem
地理 Dili - Books on geography (139 books) / geography
譜系 Puxi - Family registers (41 books) / genealogies
簿錄 Pulu - Notes on administrative affairs (30 books) / bibliographies

3. 子 Zi Masters and philosophers (853 books)
儒家 Rujia - Confucians (62 books)
道家 Daojia - Daoists (78 books)
法家 Fajia - Legalists (6 books)
名家 Mingjia - Sophists or dialecticians (4 books)
墨家 Mojia - Mohists (3 books)
縱橫家 Zonghengjia - Coalition advisors or diplomatists (2 books
雜家 Zajia - Miscellaneous or syncretist texts (97 books)
農家 Nongjia - Agronomical texts (5 books)
小說家 Xiaoshuojia - Storytellers (25 books)

兵家 Bingjia - Military treatises (133 books)
天文 Tianwen - Astronomical books (97 books)
曆數 Lishu - Mathematical and divinatory books (100 books)
五行 Wuxing - Books on the Five Agents (272 books)
醫方 Yifang - Medical texts (256 books)

4. 集 Ji Belles-Lettres, 554 books
楚辭 Chuci - Poetry of the South and commentaries (10 books)
別集 Bieji - Collected writings of individual authors (437 books)
總集 Zongji - Anthologies and collective belles-lettres (107 books)

5. 道經 Daojing - Writings of Religious Daoism (377 books), no titles provided
經戒 Jingjie - Classics and writings on fasting (301 books)
餌服 Erfu - Writings on diet (46 books)
房中 Fangzhong - Books on the art of the bedchamber (13 books)
符錄 Fulu - Writings on talismans (17 books)

6. 佛經 Fojing - Buddhist writings (1950 books), no titles provided
大乘經 Dasheng jing - Mahāyāna sūtras (617 books), of these 558 sūtras (jing 經) and 59 commentaries (shu 疏)
小乘經 Xiaosheng jing - Hinayāna sūtras (487 books)
雜經 Zajing - Miscellaneous sūtras (380 books)
雜疑經 Zayi jing - Miscellaneous sūtras of doubtful origin (172 books)
大乘律 Dasheng lü - Mahāyāna vinayas (52 books)
小乘律 Xiaosheng lü - Hinayāna vinayas (80 books), of these 77 vinayas (lü 律) and 2 commentaries (jiangshu 講疏)
雜律 Zalü - Miscellaneous vinayas (27 books)
大乘論 Dasheng lun - Mahāyāna śāstras (141 books), of these 30 śāstras (lun 論) and 15 commentaries (shu 疏)
小乘論 Xiaosheng lun - Hinayāna śāstras (567 books) of these 21 śāstras and 10 commentaries (jiangshu 講疏)
雜論 Zalun - Miscellaneous śāstras (51 books), of these 32 śāstras and 9 commentaries (jiangshu 講疏)