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Analects by Confucius
Category: Non-Fiction
One of the most influential books in human history, in a revelatory new translation The book that the Chinese have returned to repeatedly for reflection, renewal, and validation of their own views, "The Analects" was compiled by the disciples of Confucius, China's earliest teacher and moral thinker, fro ...Show more
Confucius - The Analects by Confucius
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The Analects are a collection of Confucius's sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self ...Show more
The Analects by Confucius
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Formed in a time of great unrest in ancient China, <i>The Analects</i> is vital to an understanding of Chinese history and thought, and, 2,500 years on, it remains startlingly relevant to contemporary life. Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunn ...Show more
The Analects by Confucius; Arthur Waley (Translator); Sarah Allan (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Confucius failed in his lifetime to rescue a crumbling civilization with his teachings, but he was to become the most influential sage in human history. His thought, still remarkably current, survives here in The Analects --a collection of brief aphoristic sayings that has had a deeper impact on more pe ...Show more
The Analects by Confucius
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Few individuals have shaped their country's civilization more profoundly than the Master Kong (Confucius, 551-479 BC). Compulsory reading in the late Imperial period for all who wished to enter the Civil Service or Government, his sayings and those of his disciples form the foundation of a distinct soci ...Show more
The Analects - Introduction by Sarah Allan by Confucius; Arthur Waley (Translator); Sarah Allan (Introduction by)
Category: Philosophy | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Confucius is one of the most humane, rational, and lucid of moral teachers, concerned not with arcane metaphysics but with practical issues of life and conduct. What is virtue? What sort of life is most conducive to happiness? How should the state be ruled? What is the proper relationship between human ...Show more
The Analects of Confucius by Confucius (tr/notes Simon Leys)
Category: Non-Fiction
"This is the Confucius translation for our time". -- Jonathan Mirsky, The Times (London) In this terse, brilliant translation, Simon Leys restores the human dimension to Confucius. He emerges a full-blooded character with a passion for politics and a devotion to the ideals of a civilization he saw in de ...Show more
The Analects of Confucius by Confucius
Category: Philosophy
"At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the will of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of what was right." - Confucius "Confucius has no interest in ...Show more
The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy (Leatherbound Classics) by Sun Tzu, Lao-Tzu, Confucius, Mencius
Category: Classics | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
The words of the ancient Chinese sages are as timeless as they are wise. The words of ancient Chinese philosophers have influenced other thinkers across the world for more than 2,000 years, and continue to shape our ideas today. The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy includes tran ...Show more
The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu) by Confucius
Category: Classics
A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an important role in understanding 21st century. China 'And remember: Heaven's blessing will cease forever if there's despair and poverty in your lands.' The Most Venerable Book (also known as The Book of History) ...Show more
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