Analects Introduction by Sarah Allan

Name: Analects Introduction by Sarah Allan
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ISBN: 9780375412042

ISBN-10: 0375412042

ISBN-13: 9780375412042

Edition: 2000

Authors: Confucius, Arthur Waley, Sarah Allan, Sarah Allan

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Confucius has become synonymous in the West with Eastern wisdom: profound and mysterious. He was, however, one of the most humane, lucid, and rational moral teachers of the ancient world, concerned not with arcane metaphysics or invisible gods but with the practical issues of life and conduct. How should the state be organized? What makes a good ruler? What is virtue? What is the proper relationship between man and nature? Above all, how should individuals behave with one another and toward their environment? Confucius addressed all these questions in dialogues, stories, and anecdotes gathered together as The Analects, which offers not lofty moral prescriptions but sensible advice based on…

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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.20" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Arthur Waley (1889-1966) is highly regarded for his many translations of Chinese & Japanese literature.

Sarah Allan teaches classical Chinese & Chinese philosophy at Dartmouth College.