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The
Analects
Sayings
of
Confucius
Translated
by
D. C. Lau
One of the sons of the emperor Ching
was appointed king of Lu in the year
B.C. 154, and some time after, wishing
to enlarge his palace, he proceeded to
pull down the house of the K'ung
family, known as that where Confucius
himself had lived.
While doing so, there were found in the
wall copies of the Shu-ching, the Ch'un
Ch'iu, the Hsiao-ching, and the Lun Yu
or Analects, which had been deposited
there, when the edict for the burning of
the Books was issued. They were all
written, however, in the most ancient
form of the Chinese character, which
had fallen into disuse, and the king
returned them to the K'ung family, the
head of which, K'ung An-kwo, gave
himself to the study of them, and
finally, in obedience to an imperial
order, published a Work called “The
Lun Yu, with Explanations of the
Characters, and Exhibition of the
Meaning.'
- from Legge's Prolegomenon.
Lunyu is considered by scholars to be
the most reliable source of the doctrine
of the ancient sage Confucius (551–479
BC) and is usually the first Confucian
text studied in schools. It covers almost
all the basic ethical concepts of
Confucius—e.g., ren (“benevolence”),
junzi (“the superior man”), tian
(“heaven”), zhongyong (“doctrine of
the mean”), li (“proper conduct”), and
zhengming (“adjustment to names”).
The last inculcates the notion that all
phases of a person's conduct should
correspond to the true significance of
“names”—e.g., marriage should be true
marriage, not concubinage.
Among
many
direct
quotations
attributed to Confucius is one
explaining filial piety (xiao). If xiao
means nothing more than providing for
parents, said Confucius, even dogs and
horses do that; xiao does not exist
without genuine respect for parents.
Lunyu also contains homely glimpses of
Confucius as recorded by his disciples.
- Lunyu, Encyclopædia Britannica.
The Sayings of
Confucius
Translated
by
D. C. Lau
from the cover

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