Lunyu Body Recognition

Author: Yao Shichuan
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Publishing Date: 2004-11-01
Features: The entire work covers topics such as being a person, governing, teaching, contemporary critiques, personal evaluations, benevolence, etiquette, the concept of destiny, moral norms, and self-cultivation. This book was written by the author under extremely difficult circumstances, with the attitude of a (ascetic) and a spirit of joy in diligently exploring the true essence of the Analects. Driven by the determination to "achieve what others achieve in ten times the effort," the author quietly toiled in this field for eight years of relentless effort. The hardships endured and the efforts () far exceeding those of ordinary people by tens of times can be imagined and understood—it truly was a "eight years of hard work were not ordinary"!
Editor's Note: Mr. Yao Shichuan is now over eighty years old. Like many patriotic elderly intellectuals, although he suffered greatly during the extreme-left era, he has always cared about the fate of the nation and cherished the fine cultural heritage of China, especially the teachings of Confucius, which he deeply admires and wishes to promote. Therefore, even under extremely difficult conditions, he persistently explored the true essence of the Analects and quietly completed The Body of Understanding the Analects after eight years of unremitting effort. It was published in Taiwan in November 1993.