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The Confucian Classics

The Confucian Classics in James Legge’s translation — the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, and the Analects.

The Analects · Book IV — 里仁 (Lǐ Rén)
Confucianism

The Analects · Book IV — 里仁 (Lǐ Rén)

Book IV of the Confucian Analects (里仁, “On Virtue”), Classical Chinese with James Legge’s English — 26 passages.

Ben Ajaero · · 5 min read
The Analects · Book III — 八佾 (Bā Yì)
The Confucian Classics

The Analects · Book III — 八佾 (Bā Yì)

Book III of the Confucian Analects (八佾, “Eight Rows of Dancers”), Classical Chinese with James Legge’s English — 26 passages.

Ben Ajaero · · 7 min read
The Analects · Book II — 為政 (Wéi Zhèng)
The Confucian Classics

The Analects · Book II — 為政 (Wéi Zhèng)

Book II of the Confucian Analects (為政, “On Government”), Classical Chinese with James Legge’s English — 24 passages.

Ben Ajaero · · 6 min read
The Analects · Book I — 學而 (Xué Ér)
Confucianism

The Analects · Book I — 學而 (Xué Ér)

Book I of the Confucian Analects (學而, “On Learning”), Classical Chinese with James Legge’s English — 16 passages.

Ben Ajaero · · 5 min read
The Doctrine of the Mean · 中庸 (Zhōngyōng)
Confucianism

The Doctrine of the Mean · 中庸 (Zhōngyōng)

《中庸》— the Confucian treatise on equilibrium, harmony and sincerity, traditionally ascribed to Confucius’s grandson Zisi (Kǒng Jí). One of the Four Books. Translated by James Legge.

Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA) · · 38 min read
The Great Learning · 大學 (Dàxué)
Confucianism

The Great Learning · 大學 (Dàxué)

《大學》— the first of the Four Books: the Confucian gateway from self-cultivation to the ordering of the state. The text is ascribed to Confucius, its commentary to his disciple Zengzi. Translated by James Legge.

Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA) · · 18 min read
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