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Chinese literature

by Confucius (551–479 BCE)

73 chapters, about 62,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. BOOK III.--DECADE OF TANG.-- King Seuen on the Occasion of a Great Drought 100 words
2. INTRODUCTION 1,300 words
3. BOOK I 1,000 words
4. BOOK II 1,100 words
5. BOOK III 1,400 words
6. BOOK IV 800 words
7. BOOK V 1,500 words
8. BOOK VI 1,400 words
9. BOOK VII 1,500 words
10. BOOK VIII 800 words
11. BOOK IX 1,400 words
12. BOOK X 1,500 words
13. BOOK XI 1,700 words
14. BOOK XII 1,700 words
15. BOOK XIII 1,800 words
16. BOOK XIV 2,300 words
17. BOOK XV 1,500 words
18. BOOK XVI 1,400 words
19. BOOK XVII 1,700 words
20. BOOK XVIII 900 words
21. BOOK XIX 1,200 words
22. BOOK XX 500 words
23. INTRODUCTION 500 words
24. Part I 3,700 words
25. INTRODUCTION 500 words
26. THE ODES OF CHOW AND THE SOUTH 700 words
27. THE ODES OF SHAOU AND THE SOUTH 200 words
28. THE ODES OF P'EI 1,100 words
29. THE ODES OF WEI 200 words
30. THE ODES OF TANG 300 words
31. THE ODES OF TS'IN 600 words
32. THE ODES OF CH'IN 400 words
33. THE ODES OF PIN 200 words
34. DECADE OF LUH MING 1,000 words
35. THE DECADE OF TUNG RUNG 200 words
36. THE DECADE OF K'E-FOO 300 words
37. THE DECADE OF SEAOU MIN 400 words
38. THE DECADE OF PIH SHAN 100 words
39. THE DECADE OF TOO JIN SZE 900 words
40. DECADE OF TANG 500 words
41. TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION 2,700 words
42. CHAPTER I 100 words
43. CHAPTER II 200 words
44. CHAPTER III 500 words
45. CHAPTER V 200 words
46. CHAPTER VII 200 words
47. CHAPTER XII 400 words
48. CHAPTER XIII 600 words
49. CHAPTER XVI 800 words
50. CHAPTER XVII 1,100 words
51. CHAPTER XX 1,200 words
52. CHAPTER XXII 300 words
53. CHAPTER XXIII 200 words
54. CHAPTER XXV 600 words
55. CHAPTER XXVII 800 words
56. CHAPTER XXVIII 200 words
57. CHAPTER XXIX 200 words
58. CHAPTER XXX 200 words
59. CHAPTER XXXI 600 words
60. CHAPTER XXXII 700 words
61. CHAPTER XXXIV 300 words
62. CHAPTER XXXV 200 words
63. CHAPTER XXXVI 100 words
64. CHAPTER XXXVIII 1,400 words
65. CHAPTER XXXIX 800 words
66. CHAPTER XL 1,100 words
67. INTRODUCTION 300 words
68. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE 700 words
69. ~PROLOGUE~ 800 words
70. ~ACT FIRST~ 900 words
71. ~ACT SECOND~ 1,500 words
72. ~ACT THIRD~ 800 words
73. ~ACT FOURTH~ 500 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Bodhisattva
• Bon
• Cremation
• Han (Warring States)
• History of China

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