《》 The Analects Reader

Author: Qian Xun
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: "A half of the Analects can govern the world." From ancient times to the present, whether among scholars or the common people, the Analects has been a sacred classic that Chinese people cannot surpass. As the origin of Chinese culture, the arguments and philosophical ideas of the Analects have permeated China's political and educational systems, social customs, psychological habits, and behavioral patterns for over two thousand years. How can the ancient classics be revitalized in the new "cultural reconstruction"? The Analects is a treasure of Confucianism in China, recording the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples from over two and a half thousand years ago. In this work, the structure between chapters has been revised according to Zhu Xi's Collected Annotations on the Analects; the format is divided into three parts: "Original Text," "Annotations," and "Summary." This book attempts to explain the author's understanding of the ideas in the Analects and their contemporary value in concise language, which is placed after the "Summary" in a separate paragraph. The "Summary" only introduces the meaning of the original text and does not include the author's insights. This is done to clearly distinguish between the introduction of the original meaning of the Analects and the author's own understanding and interpretation.