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Lunyu (The Analects)論語

Confucius and his disciples (compiled by his students) · Compiled in the Warring States period (5th–3rd century BC) · China · 20 pieces · 18,573 Chinese characters

The book longest read in East Asia, opening with "To learn, and to practice it in season, is that not a joy?" Four hundred and ninety-seven exchanges between Confucius and his disciples. It was required reading for the scholars of Joseon through five hundred years, and the words people live by still come from here.

20 books and 497 sections fully translated. A book is an entry, a section a paragraph. Of Wikisource's footnotes and variant markings, only the main text was taken.

Complete in one volume