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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Itrsquo;s packed with a lot of great gems!By Brian Johnson[[VIDEOID:89c7d4bfd017d8efb0e43c5f6d6bd237]] ldquo;For those who approve but do not carry out, who are stirred, but do not change, I can do nothing at all.rdquo;ldquo;The Master said, To men who have risen at all above the middling sort, one may talk of things higher yet. But to men who are at all below the middling sort it is useless to talk of things that are above them.rdquo;ldquo;As to be being a Divine Sage or even a Good Man, far be it from me to make any such claim. As for unwavering effort to learn and unflagging patience in teaching others, those are merits that I do not hesitate to claim.rdquo;~ Confucius from The Analects of ConfuciusWersquo;re going old school on this one.Believed to be rockinrsquo; it in the 5th/6th century BCE (around the same time as Lao Tzu and Buddha), Confucius was super passionate about learning and developing himself into the best person he could be according to the dictates of his classic society.The book can get a little funny as Confucius goes into some detail on how to live properly according to ancient Chinese customs (donrsquo;t forget to wear the black silk on special occasions! :) but itrsquo;s packed with a lot of great gems.Here are some of the Big Ideas:1. Let There Be No Evil - In your thoughts.2. Recognizing Merit - See it in others!3. Practicing - What you preach.4. What Needs Doing? - Get on it!5. I Can Always Be Certain - Of learning.As we embrace these Big Ideas, letrsquo;s remember Confucius advising us: ldquo;There is one single thread binding my way togetherhellip; the way of the Master consists in doing onersquo;s besthellip; that is all.rdquo;(More goodness--including PhilosophersNotes on 250+ books at http://www.brianjohnson.me)1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Disappointing Translating of a Pioneering ClassicBy John EngelmanAn ancient classic as important as The Analects of Confucius deserves to be read many times in several translations. Arthur Waleyrsquo;s translation deserves to be read. Unfortunately, I found it somewhat disappointing. Having read his translation of The Book of Songs, I somehow expected better.http://www..com/The-Book-Songs-Ancient-Chinese/dp/0802134777Arthur Waleyrsquo;s translation has too many footnotes. I suspect that he was trying to write a translation that was as literal as possible, and felt that the footnotes were necessary to clarify the meaning of his translation. James R. Warersquo;s translation and Lin Yutangrsquo;s translations may be less literal. They are more literary.http://www..com/The-Sayings-Confucius- Mentor-Series/dp/0451627636http://www..com/The-Wisdom-China-India-Yutang/dp/0394607597In the West Confucius is often considered to be the founder of a religion. It would be more accurate to say that he was a moral and political philosopher, who also discussed theology. He did not name the gods. He believed that they should be worshiped in the traditional manner, but that one should not spend a lot of time thinking about who and what they are.He seems to have thought that traditional religious practices have a harmonizing effect on society, but that religious dogmatism is divisive, and often dangerous. When we consider the history of religion in the West, it is easy to agree.The gods Confucius worshiped are the autochthonous gods of ancient . China lacks a great literature equivalent to the Bible, and the writings of the ancient Greek and Roman authors about its gods. To learn about them we must go to Chinese fairy tales. They are what is worshiped in what is called ldquo;Religious .rdquo;When entered China several hundred years after the life of Confucius it did so with its own pantheon of deities, largely borrowed from . In China there was little conflict between Religious Taoism and Buddhism. Today many Chinese combine them in their worship of the Divine, just as many Japanese practice rites from Buddhism, Shinto, and even Christianity.The Analects of Confucius was one of what Chinese call ldquo;The Four Books.rdquo; Together with ldquo;The Five Classics,rdquo; these comprise the Confucian canon. For about two thousand years Chinese youths were tested on these in the Imperial Exams. Those who passed entered the Scholar Gentry. The Scholar Gentry was equivalent to our civil servants, but they had more prestige and better incomes. They were expected to have several wives, and many children.For two thousand years there was more social mobility in China than anywhere else on earth. Upward mobility was based on intelligence. Members of the Scholar Gentry were more prolific than members of any other class. This explains why Chinese are characterized by intelligence everywhere in the world that they live.Nevertheless, the Imperial Exam System directed the attention of Chinarsquo;s most intelligent men to classics of the past, rather than to science. Because science is necessary for the invention of more advanced weapons, the Chinese had difficulty defending their nation from Western and Japanese aggression during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Now the Chinese are catching up. Chinese and Chinese Americans dominate science departments in American universities. They are coming to dominate American high tech companies. As the Chinese advance they rediscover the wisdom of Confucius and the Confucian canon.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Waley's translation and commentary is first rateBy Jordan Bell"Analects" mean things gathered together. Analects is a Greek word not a Chinese word, and was used in Legge's 1861 translation of Confucius. The Analects of Confucius are the gathered sayings attributed to Confucius=K'ung Fu-tzu=Kong Fuzi, who lived around 500 BC. They are short sayings, not dialogues or essays. This work is easy to dip into: it is short and you can read parts of it rather than going from start to finish.The only previous work I have read about ancient Chinese thought is Creel's excellent book, Chinese Thought, from Confucius to Mao Tse-Tung. I am now trying to get a sense for what ancient Chinese texts are extant, and to read enough of these to at least have a rough idea of Chinese history and thought. Next I plan to read The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry, translated by Waley, and Mencius (Penguin Classics), translated by D. C. Lau, who also wrote translation of the Analects. lsquo;The Analectsrsquo; express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of one's fellow man, he argued that the pursuit of virtue should be every individual's supreme goal. And, while following the Way, or the truth, might not result in immediate or material gain, Confucius showed that it could nevertheless bring its own powerful and lasting spiritual rewards. ldquo;For more than two millennia, the teachings of Confucius have served as a guide for a substantial portion of humanity.nbsp;English-language readers seeking to understand this remarkable body of thought are fortunate to have Annping Chinrsquo;s highly readable and judiciously annotated edition of The Analects.rdquo; mdash;Henry A. Kissingerldquo;An astonishingly lucid exposition of The Analects. A kind of serene insight pervades the commentaries.rdquo; mdash;Harold Bloomldquo;An incomparable new volume that combines a fresh and sympathetic translation with a wonderfully readable annotation. It is a joy to use and will unlock a whole new level of meaning for English-language readers.rdquo; mdash;Orville Schell, Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations and co-author of Wealth and Power: Chinarsquo;s Long March to the Twenty-First CenturyLanguage NotesText: English (translation) Original Language: ChineseAbout the AuthorConfuciusnbsp;(551-479 BC), though of noble descent, was born in humble circumstances. He believed that politics is only an extension of morals, and spent ten years travelling through the various states of China spreading his ideas. When he realised that there was no way of converting the feudal rulers to his way of thinking he returned to Lu and spent the rest of his life there teaching his pupils. D.C. Launbsp;read Chinese at the University of , and, in 1946, he went to Glasgow, where he read philosophy. In 1950 he entered the School of Oriental and African Studies in London to teach Chinese philosophy. After lecturing in Chinese philosophy at the University of London he returned to Hong Kong, where he is a Professor at the Chinese University.

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