num_pages: 96
description: Confucius did not regard himself as an innovator, but as the conservator of ancient truth and ceremonial propriety. He dealt with neither theology nor metaphysics, but with moral and political conduct. The Lun Yu, Analects or Sayings of Confucius, were probably compiled, says Legge, "by the disciples of the disciples of the sage, making free use of the written memorials concerning him which they had received, and the oral statements which they had heard, from their several masters. And we shall not be far wrong, if we determine its date as about the beginning of the third, or the end of the fourth century before Christ."
language: English
title: The Analects of Confucius
titlecomplete: The Analects of Confucius
genres: Classics, China, History, Philosophy, Asia, Spirituality, Ancient, Eastern Philosophy, Nonfiction, Politics
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