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Graduate institute eastern classics seminar reading list. With selections from traditional commentaries hackett classics series. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Edward slingerland is assistant professor of religion and east asian languages and cultures, university of southern california. Apr 12 2020 edward slingerland pdf drive search and download pdf files for free. The ideal student edition, this volume also includes a general introduction, notes, multiple appendicesincluding a glossary of technical terms, references to modern western scholarship that point the way for further study, and an annotated bibliography. Slingerland s use of commentary gives readers a fighting chance at understanding and appreciating this foundational confucian classic.
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According to ban gu, writing in the book of han, the analects originated as individual records kept by confucius s disciples of conversations between the master and them, which were then collected and jointly edited by the disciples after confucius s death in 479 bc. Confucius, the analects, and confucianism in chinese culture. Based on the best modern and traditional chinese and western scholarship, edward slingerlands exemplary new translation of the analects including selections from the traditional commentaries on each passage of the textis a welcome edition. In this classic translation of the analects by arthur waley, the questions confucius addressed two and a. Centuries of people have reaped these rewards, and have been guided in their own work by its teachings. The analects of confucius, you can reap these rewards as well. There is an introduction with an invaluable lexicon of important chinese terms and it includes the chinese text. Distinguished university scholar professor of asian studies associate member, depts. Recent works on confucius and the analects ronnie littlejohn. Confucian analects, titbits 0 quotations are from arthur waleys translation 2007. Mar 24, 20 the analects, or lunyu, also known as the analects of confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central chinese thinker and philosopher confucius and his disciples, as well.
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