- 01Confucius on government, learning, and virtue
- 02Filial piety and conduct
- 03The superior man, knowledge, and truthfulness
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The Analects
Ethics, education, ritual, and governance.
19Chapters
22Lessons
61Topics
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- Chapters
- 19
- Lessons
- 22
- Topics
- 61
- 01Ritual propriety and sacrifice
- 01Rules of propriety in ritual, service, and music
- 02Virtue, conduct, and the superior man
- 01Filial conduct, caution, and speech
- 02Kung-ye Ch'ang and character judgments
- 03Tsze-kung, Tsze-lu, and moral self-cultivation
- 04Examples of loyal, pure, and prudent officials
- 01Confucius on friendship, self-criticism, and wishes
- 02Yung Yey: disciples, governance, and virtue
- 03Learning, poverty, and the qualities of the superior man
- 01Confucius on virtue, learning, and the superior man
- 02Confucius's self-description and teaching habits
- 03Daily conduct, restraint, and personal reflections
- 01Confucius on teaching, knowledge, and conduct
- 02T'ai-po and the virtues of propriety
- 03Tsang's final teachings and the cultivated gentleman
- 01Confucius on office, ritual, and self-discipline
- 02Tsze Han: modesty, ability, and moral steadfastness
- 01Learning, virtue, and steadfastness
- 02Confucius's conduct at court and in ritual
- 03Confucius's dress, fasting, and diet
- 01Confucius's ritual conduct and daily etiquette
- 02Confucius's disciples and mourning for Yen Yuan
- 03Former disciples, moral judgments, and teaching methods
- 01Yen Yu and the disciples' wishes
- 02Perfect virtue and self-restraint
- 03Government, propriety, and social order
- 01Benevolence, knowledge, and friendship
- 02Government by example and rectifying names
- 03Practical rulership and moral administration
- 01Shameful concern for salary under good or bad government
- 01Qualities of the complete man
- 02Kung-shu Wan and proper conduct
- 03Kwan Chung's public service
- 04Officers sustaining Duke Ling's state
- 05Modesty in speech
- 01Confucius appeals to punish Chan Hang
- 02Sayings on serving rulers and the superior man
- 03Confucius on learning, conduct, and reputation
- 04Replies on messengers, office, and moral judgment
- 01Retirement from the world and from states
- 01Confucius on hardship, learning, and virtue
- 02Practical conduct, government, and the superior man
- 01Virtue, learning, and the superior man
- 02Confucius rebukes the attack on Chwan-yu
- 03Government, friendships, and personal conduct
- 01Confucius and Yang Ho
- 02The six becloudings and the uses of the Odes
- 03Moral sayings on virtue, mourning, and hatred
- 01Confucius on difficult relationships and age
- 02Wei Tsze: rulers, recluses, and withdrawal
- 01Retired sages and reclusion
- 02Music officials and the duke of Chau's counsel
- 03Tsze-chang on the scholar and virtue
- 04Tsze-hsia on learning, conduct, and teaching
- 01Tsze-kung on Confucius and the sage's attainability
- 02Yao, Shun, T'ang, and Chau on righteous rule
- 03Five excellent and four bad things in government
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