Top 10 works of Chinese literature
- By Elaine Duan
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Analects (simplified Chinese: 论语; pinyin: Lún Yǔ)
The Analects, also known as the Analects of Confucius, is the fundamental text of Confucianism.
It is a collection of the sayings of the great Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius as recorded by his students and, in turn, by their followers during the Spring and Autumn (770 BC - 446 BC) and Warring States periods (475 BC - 221 BC).
Some of the 20 chapters of the Analects were translated into Latin by Western Christian missionaries in the late 16th century. The work has since been translated into many languages, most notably into English by James Legge, Arthur Waley, Charles Muller, and William Edward Soothill.
Wide-ranging and profound, concise yet comprehensive, the Analects was regarded as a textbook on how to live by the Chinese people, and continues to have enormous influence on Chinese and East Asian thought and values.
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