Later compilation · Essential works
The Four Books (Sishu)
四書
The Neo-Confucian synthesis that for six centuries was the syllabus of the imperial examinations and therefore the basic education of the whole Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese elite. Its reading order—Daxue, Analects, Mencius, Zhongyong—encodes a pedagogy of self-cultivation running from the individual to the order of the world.
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Authorship note
Scholastic canon fixed by Zhu Xi in 1190: Great Learning (Daxue), Analects, Mencius and Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong), with his commentaries. Only the Analects transmit Confucius's words; the other three are attributed to Zengzi, Mencius and Zisi.
Editions and translations
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English
Confucius
The Four Books: The Basic Teachings of the Later Confucian Tradition
The Conscious LibraryThe Four Books: The Basic Teachings of the Later Confucian Tradition
Hackett Publishing Company, 2007
Translation: Daniel K. Gardner
ISBN no verificado durante esta investigación.
Español
Los cuatro libros
Ediciones Paidós (Paidós Orientalia), 2002
Translation: Joaquín Pérez Arroyo
ISBN 9788449312076
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 Great Learning (Daxue) · 200
- Confucius's Discussion of the Odes (Kongzi shilun) · 300
Sources
- Nylan, Michael y Wilson, Thomas. Lives of Confucius: Civilization's Greatest Sage Through the Ages. Doubleday, Nueva York, 2010.
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