The Eastern Love Sutra: The Wisdom of Life in the Analects

Author: Zhang Renying / Xia Jixin
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The Analects is a collection of sayings and deeds of Confucius. Its profound and extensive Confucian philosophy of "benevolence and love" is also known as "the wisdom of humanity." Its influence on humanity and the depth of its enlightenment and teachings to later generations are unparalleled by almost no other book. This book is no longer just personal self-cultivation advice, but rather an "human-centered" Eastern educational outline. The ways of thinking and value orientations it embodies have become a unique ethical model of Eastern civilization, retaining timeless and eternal value that transcends time and space. The Analects records the words and deeds of Confucius throughout his life. It is not only personal self-cultivation advice but also an "human-centered" Eastern educational outline. The ideas, ways of thinking, and value orientations reflected in the book—such as Confucius's "education of love"—have become the blood of the Chinese nation and a unique ethical approach of Eastern civilization for over two thousand years.