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The Sayings of Confucius A New Translation of the Greater Part of the Confucian Analects

by Confucius (551–479 BCE)

10 chapters, about 23,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. EDITORIAL NOTE 100 words
2. INTRODUCTION 7,000 words
3. GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 2,300 words
4. INDIVIDUAL VIRTUE 3,200 words
5. CONFUCIUS' ESTIMATE OF OTHERS 1,700 words
6. CONFUCIUS ON HIMSELF 1,500 words
7. MISCELLANEOUS SAYINGS 2,900 words
8. PERSONALIA 1,500 words
9. CONFUCIUS AS SEEN BY OTHERS 1,200 words
10. SAYINGS OF THE DISCIPLES 1,800 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• History of China
• Virtue

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