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Zusatztext Chichung Huang offers us a 'literal translation' ... pleasant to read and accessible! and the explanatory notes are rich and helpful. Klappentext In the long river of human history! if one person can represent the civilization of a whole nation! it is perhaps Master Kong! better known as Confucius in the West. If there is one single book that can be upheld as the common code of a whole people! it is perhaps Lun Yu! or The Analects.Surely! few individuals in history have shaped their country's civilization more profoundly than Master Kong. The great Han historiographer! Si-ma Qian! writing 2!100 years ago said! "He may be called the wisest indeed!" And! as recently as 1988! at a final session of the first internationalconference of Nobel prize-winners in Paris! the seventy-five participants! fifty-two of whom where scientists! concluded: "If mankind is to survive! it must go back twenty- five centuries in time to tap the wisdom of Confucius." This a man whose influence in world history is truly incomparable. Hissayings (and those of his disciples) form the basis of a distinct social! ethical! and intellectual system. They have retained their freshness and vigor for two and a half millennia! and are still admired in today's China. Compiled by pupils of Confucius's disciples half a century after the Master's death! The Analects of Confucius laid the foundation of his philosophy of humanity--a philosophy aimed at "cultivating the individual's moral conduct! achieving family harmony! bringing good order to the state andpeace to the empire. Containing 501 very succinct chapters (the longest do not exceed fifteen lines and the shortest are less than one) and organized into twenty books! the collection comprises mostly dialogues between the Master and his disciples and contemporaries. The ethical tenets Confuciusputforth not only became the norm of conduct for the officialdom and intelligentsia! but also profoundly impacted the behavior of the common people. The great sage's unique integration of humanity and righteousness (love and reason) struck a powerful chord in all who attem Zusammenfassung This is a new translation of the Analects (Lun Yu) of Confucius, the 5th-century BC Chinese sage whose influence on Chinese and other East Asian cultures is still felt today. Huang's translation is more literal than any available version, and is accompanied by notes that explain unfamiliar terms and concepts and provide historical and cultural context....
