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Confucius (孔子; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ; lit. 'Master Kong'; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the Sinosphere originates in the philosophy and teachings of Confucius. [1]
English translation at Confucius.org, one page per verse. English translation at MIT Classics; Latin translation (Zottoli, 1879) Legge's English translation from the University of Adelaide Library (no section numbers) Multilingual edition of the Analects in Chinese, English and French; Translations of the Analects in over 20 languages, with ...
Book of Documents. The Book of Documents (Chinese: 書經; pinyin: Shūjīng; Wade–Giles: Shu King) or the Classic of History, [a] is one of the Five Classics of ancient Chinese literature. It is a collection of rhetorical prose attributed to figures of ancient China, and served as the foundation of Chinese political philosophy for over two ...
This translation of the word ru is followed by e.g. Yuri Pines. [25] According to Zhou Youguang, ru originally referred to shamanic methods of holding rites and existed before Confucius's times, but with Confucius it came to mean devotion to propagating such teachings to bring civilisation to the people.
The Book of Rites, also known as the Liji, is a collection of texts describing the social forms, administration, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty as they were understood in the Warring States and the early Han periods. The Book of Rites, along with the Rites of Zhou (Zhōulǐ) and the Book of Etiquette and Rites (Yílǐ), which are ...
Léih Ngáah-gok. James Legge (/ lɛɡ /; 20 December 1815 – 29 November 1897) was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873) and was the ...
Kongzi Jiayu. The Kongzi Jiayu (Chinese: 孔子家語), translated as The School Sayings of Confucius[1] or Family Sayings of Confucius, [2] is a collection of sayings of Confucius (Kongzi), written as a supplement to the Analects (Lunyu). [3]
The Doctrine of the Mean is a text rich with symbolism and guidance to perfecting oneself. The mean is also described as the "unswerving pivot" or zhongyong. Zhong means bent neither one way or another, and yong represents unchanging. [5] In James Legge 's translation of the text, the goal of the mean is to maintain balance and harmony from ...