The Analects of Confucius
Aphorisms and Dialogues on Moral Self-Cultivation, Ritual Propriety, Filial Piety, and Humane GovernanceBy Anonymous
Length4h 10m
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The Analects of Confucius is a foundational anthology of sayings, conversations, anecdotes, and brief teachings associated with Kongzi (Confucius), compiled and transmitted by successive generations of disciples rather than authored as a continuous treatise. Its aphoristic, dialogic style rewards attentive interpretation: ethical principles emerge through recurring reflections on filial devotion, ritual propriety, humane conduct, learning, self-cultivation, and responsible government. Situated within the intellectual world of ancient China's Warring States and early imperial eras, the work helped shape the classical Confucian tradition and remains a seminal example of philosophical literature organized through exemplary speech and remembered encounter. The designation "Anonymous" appropriately acknowledges the text's complex formation. Confucius himself, traditionally dated to 551–479 BCE, left no authenticated writings; his students and later editors preserved, arranged, and interpreted his teachings amid political fragmentation and cultural debate. The Analects therefore records not merely an individual thinker's doctrines but a living pedagogical tradition, in which authority is established through disciplined practice, moral example, and reverence for inherited forms. Its layered composition also invites readers to distinguish historical memory from later idealization. This volume is especially recommended to readers seeking an accessible entry into Chinese philosophy, comparative ethics, or the history of educational thought. Its concise passages invite rereading, while its insistence that wisdom must be enacted rather than merely possessed gives the work enduring practical force. Students and general readers alike will find in it a demanding yet lucid meditation on how personal character can renew family, society, and political life.
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GenrePhilosophy
Length4 hrs 10 mins
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Publish dateSep 10, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Pistis Sophia
12先進第十一 BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN.
2學而第一 BOOK I. HSIO R.
13顏淵第十二 BOOK XII. YEN YUAN.
3爲政第二 BOOK II. WEI CHANG.
14子路第十三 BOOK XIII. TSZE-LU.
4八佾第三 BOOK III. PA YIH.
15憲問第十四 BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN.
5里仁第四 BOOK IV. LE JIN.
16衞靈公第十五 BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG.
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6公冶長第五 BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG.
17季氏第十六 BOOK XVI. KE SHE.
7雍也第六 BOOK VI. YUNG YEY.
18陽貨第十七 BOOK XVII. YANG HO.
8述而第七 BOOK VII. SHU R.
19微子第十八 BOOK XVIII. WEI TSZE.
9泰伯第八 BOOK VIII. T'AI-PO.
20子張第十九 BOOK XIX. TSZE-CHANG.
10子罕第九 BOOK IX. TSZE HAN.
21堯曰第二十 BOOK XX. YAO YUEH.
11鄉黨第十 BOOK X. HEANG TANG.
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