Confucius

Author: Zhang Le-sheng, Song Jun-ping
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The "Biography of Confucius" written by Yang Zhao-ren and Song Jun-ping is a historical literary biography. The authors have an additional requirement for authenticity, which is to achieve the unity of artistic and historical truth. First, it must possess the basic characteristics of a historical figure's biography, with the main events in Confucius's life largely capable of passing the test of chronological historical data. Second, it also has some features of a critical biography, as the authors strive to review between narration and description, consciously reflecting their own view of Confucius. At the same time, the book fills many details of Confucius's life with necessary literary fiction and reasonable imagination, making the image of Confucius more vivid and the development of his deeds more plausible.