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Confucius and Confucianism?

Introduction

Good articles on Confucius and Confucianism can be found in most encyclopedias such as Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopedia Britannica, Collier's Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Catholic Encyclopedia, etc.

 

Confucius and Confucianism

· Liu, Wu-chi. Confucius: His Life and Time. New York: Philosophical Library, 1956.

· Creel, Herrlee G. Confucius, The Man and The Myth. New York: John Day, 1949.

· Fingarette, Herbert. Confucius -- The Secular as Sacred. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.

· Sims, Bennett. Confucius: Immortals Philosophy and Religion. New York: Franklin Watt, 1968.

· Smith, D. H. Confucius. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1973.

· Confucianism: The Dynamics of Tradition. Edited by Irene Eber, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1986.

 

History

· Fung, Yu-lan. History of Chinese Philosophy. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1952-1953.

· Chan, Wing-tsit. A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1963.

· Liu, Wu-chi. A Short History of Confucian Philosophy. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1955.

 

Confucian Classics

Confucian classics consist of the Four books (Sse Shu) and Five Canons (Wu Ching) and they have been translated into many different languages including Latin, French, German, Italian, Russian, etc.

 

The Four Books (similar to the New Testament)

1. The Analects (Lun Yu): Confucian Analects, In The Chinese Classics, translated by James Legge. Reprint by University of Hong Kong, 1949. v. 1. Different versions by Arthur Waley, D. C. Lau, William Edward Soothill, Ezra Pound.

2. The Great Learning (Ta Hsueh): The Great Learning, In the Chinese Classics, translated by James Legge. Reprint by The University of Hong Kong, 1949. v. 1 . Many different update editions are available. Different versions by Ezra Pound, Lin Yutang.

 

3. The Doctrine of the Mean (Chung Yung): The Doctrine of the Mean, In the Chinese Classics, translated by James Legge. Reprint by The University of Hong Kong, 1949. v. 1. Different versions by Ezra Pound, Ernest Richard Hughes.

 

4. The Works of Mencius (Meng-tzu): The Works of Mencius (Meng-tzu), In the Chinese Classics, translated by James Legge. Reprint by The University of Hong Kong, 1949. v. 2. Different versions by W. A. C. H. Dobson, Dim Cheuk, D. C. Lau.

 

* Hsun-tzu (should be included in this category is the Five Books)The Works of Hsuntze, translated from the Chinese, with notes by Homer H. Dubs. London: A. Probsthian, 1928. The latest edition: New York: AMS Press, 1977. Different versions by Burton Watson, Stanford University. The best translation is: Xun Zi, a translation and study of the complete works, by John Knoblock. Stanford, Ca.: Stanford University Press, 1988 - 3vs.

 

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