The Complete Translation of the Analects - A Series of New Curriculum Standards for Chinese Language Education

Author: Wang Jun
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: In recording the dialogues between Confucius and his disciples in The Analects, only a few words are used to capture the unique aspects of their personalities, making them vivid and seemingly leap off the page. For example, in the section "Zilu, Zengzi, Ran Yu, and Gongxi Hua Waiting to Sit with Confucius," when Confucius discusses the concept of "being" with his four students, Zilu eagerly answers first, proposing grand strategies for governing the state, which reflects his urgent desire to actively participate in national governance. Zengzi, on the other hand, slowly puts down his qin and se, giving a relatively detailed description of the tranquil and effortless life he longs for.