The Essential Analects: Selected Passages With Traditional Commentary

by Confucius; Slingerland, Edward G.; Slingerland, Edward G.

• ISBN13: 9780872207738
• ISBN10: 0872207730
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-03
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

This edition provides a representative selection from Slingerland's acclaimed translation of Analects, including key passages covering all major themes. Also included are a concise introduction, bibliography, and four helpful appendices: Selections from Traditional Commentaries, keyed to each passage; Traditional Chinese Commentators Cited; Disciples of Confucius; and Glossary of Terms.

Author Biography

Edward Slingerland is Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Conventions	x
Introduction	xii
Traditional Chronology	xxiii
Analects, selected passages
Book One	1	(3)
Book Two	4	(3)
Book Three	7	(3)
Book Four	10	(3)
Book Five	13	(3)
Book Six	16	(3)
Book Seven	19	(4)
Book Eight	23	(2)
Book Nine	25	(3)
Book Ten	28	(3)
Book Eleven	31	(3)
Book Twelve	34	(4)
Book Thirteen	38	(3)
Book Fourteen	41	(3)
Book Fifteen	44	(3)
Book Sixteen	47	(2)
Book Seventeen	49	(3)
Book Eighteen	52	(2)
Book Nineteen	54	(2)
Book Twenty	56	(1)
Appendix 1: Commentary	57	(82)
Appendix 2: Traditional Chinese Commentators Cited	139	(11)
Appendix 3: Disciples of Confucius	150	(3)
Appendix 4: Glossary of Terms	153	(8)
Bibliography	161