Analects - Softcover

Confucius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 7560013732 ISBN 13: 9787560013732

Publisher: Foreign Languages Teaching & Research Press,China, 1998

Synopsis

‘The Master said, “If a man sets his heart on benevolence, he will be free from evil”’

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-knowledge, courage and love of one’s fellow man, he argued that the pursuit of virtue should be every individual’s supreme goal. And, while following the Way, or the truth, might not result in immediate or material gain, Confucius showed that it could nevertheless bring its own powerful and lasting spiritual rewards.

This edition contains a detailed introduction exploring the concepts of the original work, a bibliography and glossary and appendices on Confucius himself, The Analects and the disciples who compiled them.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Foreign Languages Teaching & Research Press,China
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 7560013732
• ISBN 13: 9787560013732
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 207