Traditional attribution
The Great Learning (Daxue)
大學
A short treatise linking self-cultivation to the ordering of the family, the state and the world: investigating things, extending knowledge, making the intention sincere and rectifying the heart. Zhu Xi placed it at the head of the Four Books as the gateway to study.
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Authorship note
Chapter 42 of the Liji. Zhu Xi (12th century) divided it into a short “classic text” he attributed to Confucius, transmitted by his disciple Zengzi, and ten chapters of commentary by Zengzi's disciples. The attribution is traditional; philology dates it to the third or second century BCE.
Editions and translations
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English
Confucius
The Great Learning (en The Chinese Classics, vol. 1)
The Conscious LibraryThe Great Learning (en The Chinese Classics, vol. 1)
Trübner, 1861
Translation: James Legge
Traducción de dominio público.
Français
Confucius
Les quatre livres de philosophie morale et politique de la Chine (La Grande Étude)
The Conscious LibraryLes quatre livres de philosophie morale et politique de la Chine (La Grande Étude)
Charpentier, 1846
Translation: Guillaume Pauthier
Dominio público; texto en Project Gutenberg #44958.
Español
Los cuatro libros (Gran Saber)
Paidós, 2002
Translation: Joaquín Pérez Arroyo
ISBN 9788449312076
Incluido en la traducción de los Cuatro Libros.
Other works by Confucius
- Analects (Lunyu) · 400
- Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu) · 481
- Book of Songs (Shijing) · 600
- Book of Documents (Shujing) · 500
- The Ten Wings of the Book of Changes · 300
- Record of Rites (Liji) · 100
- Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing) · 300
- Sayings of the Confucian School (Kongzi jiayu) · 240
- The Four Books (Sishu) · 1190
- Confucius's Discussion of the Odes (Kongzi shilun) · 300
Sources
- Legge, James (trad.). The Chinese Classics, vol. 1: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean. Trübner, Londres, 1861; 2.ª ed. Clarendon Press, 1893. Project Gutenberg nº 4094.
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