Titles by Confucius

551 BCE – 479 BCE

Confucius is China’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist. In a time of great political upheaval, he sought an intellectual basis for a stable political and social order which he believed lay with a ruler who would rule with wisdom and virtue and would be opposed to force and violence.

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For additional information about Confucius see the following:

in the Forum: the Goodrich Seminar Room entry on Confucius

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Titles

The Analects

Confucius

The Chinese Classics: Vol. 1. The Life and Teachings of Confucius

Confucius

The Ethics of Confucius

Confucius

The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism. Part I

Confucius

The Shi King, the Old “Poetry Classic” of the Chinese

Confucius

The Chinese Classics

Confucius

The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism, Part IV. The Li Ki, XI-XLVI

Confucius

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