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The Sayings of Confucius

by Confucius (551–479 BCE)

22 chapters, about 28,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION 1,400 words
2. BOOK I 600 words
3. BOOK II 800 words
4. BOOK III 1,000 words
5. BOOK IV 700 words
6. BOOK V 1,100 words
7. BOOK VI 1,000 words
8. BOOK VII 1,100 words
9. BOOK VIII 800 words
10. BOOK IX 1,100 words
11. BOOK X 1,000 words
12. BOOK XI 1,400 words
13. BOOK XII 1,300 words
14. BOOK XIII 1,400 words
15. BOOK XIV 1,800 words
16. BOOK XV 1,200 words
17. BOOK XVI 1,100 words
18. BOOK XVII 1,200 words
19. BOOK XVIII 800 words
20. BOOK XIX 1,000 words
21. BOOK XX[184] 500 words
22. INDEX 5,800 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Insight
• Lu (state)

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