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The AnalectsOn the coverHalf Portraits of the Great Sage and Virtuous Men of Old, Anonymous, 1330
The Analects
The gathered sayings and conversations of Confucius, recorded by his disciples: brief, humane reflections on how to live, govern, learn, and treat one another well. The foundation of Chinese ethical thought for two and a half thousand years.
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The quiet cornerstone of East Asian civilization, a book of plainspoken, deeply practical wisdom about character and conduct that still reads as startlingly sane. Dip in anywhere and think for a week.
SettingAncient China, 5th c. BCE
China’s Spring and Autumn period, an age of warring states and collapsing order, when a wandering teacher argued that the way to mend the world was first to mend the self and honour one’s obligations.