The Analects of Confucius

The Analects are a collection of Confucius�s sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC.

Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of one�s fellow man, he argued that the pursuit of virtue should be ...