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The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches

by Confucius (551–479 BCE)

Portrait of Confucius
Wu Daozi, 685-758, Tang Dynasty. · Public domain

70 chapters, about 50,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

  1. Introduction 143 200 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 1,800 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 200 words
  24. PART I 4,000 words
  25. PART I 4,200 words
  26. INTRODUCTION 200 words
  27. CELEBRATING THE VIRTUE OF KING WAN'S BRIDE 200 words
  28. CELEBRATING THE INDUSTRY OF KING WAN'S QUEEN 100 words
  29. IN PRAISE OF A BRIDE 300 words
  30. LAMENTING THE ABSENCE OF A CHERISHED FRIEND 300 words
  31. THE VIRTUOUS MANNERS OF THE YOUNG WOMEN 500 words
  32. THE INDUSTRY AND REVERENCE OF A PRINCE'S WIFE 500 words
  33. BOOK III 500 words
  34. THE PLAINT OF A REJECTED WIFE 300 words
  35. SOLDIERS OF WEI BEWAIL SEPARATION FROM THEIR FAMILIES 200 words
  36. AN OFFICER TELLS OF HIS MEAN EMPLOYMENT 200 words
  37. AN OFFICER SETS FORTH HIS HARD LOT 100 words
  38. THE COMPLAINT OF A NEGLECTED WIFE 300 words
  39. DISCONTENT 200 words
  40. THE PEOPLE'S ADMIRATION FOR DUKE WOO 500 words
  41. A WOMAN SCORNING HER LOVER 400 words
  42. ON THE MISGOVERNMENT OF THE STATE 300 words
  43. THE KING GOES TO WAR 200 words
  44. LAMENT OF A BEREAVED PERSON 300 words
  45. A WIFE MOURNS FOR HER HUSBAND 300 words
  46. A WIFE'S GRIEF BECAUSE OF HER HUSBAND'S ABSENCE 100 words
  47. LAMENT FOR THREE BROTHERS 800 words
  48. THE LAMENT OF A LOVER 200 words
  49. THE DUKE OF CHOW TELLS OF HIS SOLDIERS 300 words
  50. A FESTAL ODE 200 words
  51. A FESTAL ODE COMPLIMENTING AN OFFICER 300 words
  52. THE VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP 300 words
  53. THE RESPONSE TO A FESTAL ODE 200 words
  54. AN ODE OF CONGRATULATION 200 words
  55. AN ODE ON THE RETURN OF THE TROOPS 300 words
  56. CELEBRATING A HUNTING EXPEDITION 200 words
  57. THE KING'S ANXIETY FOR HIS MORNING LEVEE 100 words
  58. ON THE COMPLETION OF A ROYAL PALACE 300 words
  59. A EUNUCH COMPLAINS OF HIS FATE 300 words
  60. AN OFFICER DEPLORES THE MISERY OF THE TIME 300 words
  61. A PICTURE OF HUSBANDRY 300 words
  62. THE COMPLAINT OF AN OFFICER 300 words
  63. THE REJOICINGS OF A BRIDEGROOM 200 words
  64. IN PRAISE OF BY-GONE SIMPLICITY 200 words
  65. A WIFE BEMOANS HER HUSBAND'S ABSENCE 200 words
  66. THE EARL OF SHAOU'S WORK 200 words
  67. THE PLAINT OF KING YEW'S FORSAKEN WIFE 400 words
  68. CELEBRATING KING WAN 300 words
  69. BOOK III 600 words
  70. APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE TO KING WAN 200 words

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