He wanted to create a revival that was based on a unified royal state where its rulers earned their power on the basis of their own sincere moral merit, not their parentage. (The Analects, 479 BCE – 221BCE, VII.1)Since he belonged to the ancient ordered society, he was very conservative and had a high vision of personal as well as social perfections. In his Analects, Confucius takes himself to be a sort of “transmitter who invented nothing”. His system of philosophy came to be known as “Confucianism”. His emphasis lay on the morality aspect of life that is based on sincerity, justice and the right way to lead ones life. It has been skillfully interpreted and translated by the outstanding scholar cum writer Arthur Waley, who not only enlightens us on the important events and passages in the book but also gives us the political and social background of this huge body of work.Ĭonfucius was a great Chinese philosopher and thinker whose philosophy and teachings made an impact on the Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese way of life. The Analects of Confucius Arthur Waley Order No: 83 No: of pages: 2 One of the most brilliant, yet confounding of books are “The Analects of Confucius” which serves as a fulcrum around which all other Chinese thought and literature revolves.
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