Classic Books & Sacred Texts is a free MCP server that lets AI assistants search and read classic literature, philosophy, and sacred texts from around the world. Data Sources
Project Gutenberg — 70,000+ free classic books in multiple languages Wikisource — Multilingual wiki library (en/zh/ja/ko and more) OpenLibrary — Internet Archive's book catalog Aozora Bunko (青空文庫) — 17,000+ Japanese classic works LibriVox — Free public domain audiobooks jinrishici (今日诗词) — Random classic Chinese poem API
Coverage Chinese Classics 中文典籍 Four Books & Five Classics (论语、道德经、易经、诗经...), Pre-Qin philosophy (诸子百家), official histories (史记、汉书、资治通鉴), and the Four Great Novels (红楼梦、三国演义、水浒传、西游记). Japanese Literature 日本文学 Heian classics (源氏物語、枕草子), Edo period (奥の細道), Meiji to Showa era masterworks by Natsume Soseki, Akutagawa, Dazai, Kawabata and more. Korean Classics 한국 고전 Samguk Yusa, Chunhyangjeon, Hong Gildong and other major Korean classical works via Wikisource. World Literature & Religion Western classics via Gutenberg (Homer, Shakespeare, Tolstoy...), sacred texts (Bible, Quran, Bhagavad Gita, Dhammapada, Tao Te Ching, The Analects), and audiobooks via LibriVox. Tools (12) ToolDescriptionsearch_booksMulti-source search across Gutenberg, Wikisource, OpenLibraryget_chapterRead chapter content by book IDsearch_chinese_classicsSearch Chinese classics on zh.wikisource.orgget_chinese_classic_chapterGet full text by ws_title or page IDbrowse_chinese_classicsBrowse curated catalog (philosophy/history/poetry/novels)get_daily_poemRandom classic Chinese poemsearch_japanese_classicsSearch Aozora Bunko or browse by eraget_japanese_classic_chapterGet Japanese classic text (Shift-JIS decoded)browse_korean_classicsBrowse Korean classical literature catalogbrowse_religious_textsBrowse sacred texts by traditionsearch_audiobooksSearch free audiobooks on LibriVoxrecommend_classicsCurated recommendations by theme Usage Example // Search for a Chinese classic search_chinese_classics("道德经")
// Read directly by traditional title get_chinese_classic_chapter(ws_title: "道德經")
// Get a random poem get_daily_poem()
// Search Japanese literature by era search_japanese_classics(era: "明治")
// Find audiobooks search_audiobooks("Pride and Prejudice")
Server Config
{
"mcpServers": {
"classic-books": {
"url": "https://classic-books-mcp.chensong8804.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}