Along with Taoism and Buddhism, Confucianism is called one of the "three great teachings" or "three great religions" of China, and has had an enormous influence not just on China but the entire Far East. This was on Good Reading's list of "100 Significant Books" and there's no question this is one o...
This was hard work in places! The Analects themselves probably could do with studying in detail and interpreting rather than just reading for interest – they are a bit, well, philosophical. Fortunately Lau gives us the gist of the Analects in the introduction. The basic upshot of Confucius is the ‘G...
I gave this book 3 stars even though my feelings toward it fit better with the 2 star rating: "it was okay." I guess I don't really have a context for some of the rituals he would refer to, but there were plenty of footnotes throughout to help people like me out. It was really repetitive, a lot of i...
Confucius yo. Again, more research on the translation is needed.
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