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Finally she approached Dr. Pender and said, I keep finding references to this book called The Analects of Kelln.
Pendragon Before the War D. J. MacHale 2009
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Finally she approached Dr. Pender and said, I keep finding references to this book called The Analects of Kelln.
Pendragon Before the War D. J. MacHale 2009
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Equally significant in the Analects is the notion of the junzi (Japanese: kunshi), or the “prince.”
Japanese Confucian Philosophy Tucker, John 2008
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But the Analects is a problematic and controversial work, having been compiled in variant versions long after Confucius's death by disciples or the disciples of disciples.
Confucius Riegel, Jeffrey 2006
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The Discourses, commonly known as the Analects, contain the sayings of the Sage as recorded by his disciples.
Children of Borneo Edwin Herbert Gomes
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The fourth Book of the Analects, which is on the subject of zan, or perfect virtue, has several utterances which are remarkable.
The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 James Legge 1856
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His disciples wrote down his teachings in a book called the Analects, which focused on man's duties to obey a universal natural law.
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His disciples wrote down his teachings in a book called the Analects, which focused on man's duties to obey a universal natural law.
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I have a small collection of "Analects" translations, and found that Legge's nineteenth-century version offers almost the same phrasing as Amida, although rather diffuse, and vaguer: "The rude tribes of the east and north have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them."
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In the "Analects", Confucius is said to have condemned with indignation the suggestion of a disciple that the period of the mourning rites might well be shortened to one year.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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