Analects of Confucius | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 14 pages of analysis & critique of Analects of Confucius.

Analects of Confucius | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 14 pages of analysis & critique of Analects of Confucius.
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SOURCE: Legge, James. “Of the Confucian Analects.” In The Chinese Classics: I: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, pp. 12-20. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1960.

In the following excerpt, originally published in 1893, Legge discusses the formation of the text of the Analects, provides evidence that it was written by disciples of Confucius, and gives an overview of commentaries on the work.

Section I. Formation of the Text of the Analects by the Scholars of the Han Dynasty.

1. When the work of collecting and editing the remains of the Classical Books was undertaken by the scholars of Han, there appeared two different copies of the Analects, one from Lû, the native State of Confucius, and the other from Ch‘î, the State adjoining. Between these there were considerable differences. The former consisted of twenty Books or Chapters, the same as those into which the Classic...

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