The Analects of Confucius 
Subtitle: A Philosophical Translation (Classics of Ancient China)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: September 29, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780345401540
Subjects: Asian - General; Eastern; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical; Chinese Philosophy; Philosophy
First sentence: Confucius (551-479 BCE) is probably the most influential thinker in human history, if influence is determined by the sheer number of people who have lived their lives, and died, in accordance with the thinkers's vision of how people ought to live, and die.