The philosophy of Confucius emphasises personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity, which were developed into a system known as Confucianism. Confucius is traditionally credited with having authored or edited many of the Chinese classic texts including all of the Five Classics. This comprehensive eBook presents the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Confucius and the Chinese Classics
* Concise introductions to the texts
* Features James Legge's seminal translations
* All Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism
* Includes multiple translations of the ANALECTS, including a special dual text
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Includes the legendary I CHING divination text
* Features three biographies - discover Confucius’ ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into literary genres
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CONTENTS:
The Four Books
GREAT LEARNING
DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN
ANALECTS
MENCIUS
The Five Classics
CLASSIC OF POETRY
BOOK OF DOCUMENTS
BOOK OF RITES
I CHING
SPRING AND AUTUMN ANNALS
The Biographies
THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIUS by James Legge
THE LIFE, LABOURS AND DOCTRINES OF CONFUCIUS by Edward Harper Parker
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: CONFUCIUS
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