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Also titled Linyu ("selected sayings")


Translated into English by William Jennings in the year 1900. With Critical and Biographical Sketches by Epiphanus Wilson, A.M.


The Analects of Confucius, The Sayings of Mencius, The Shi-King, The Travels of Fâ-Hien, and The Sorrows of Han. The central text of Confucianism, attributed to Chinese philosopher Confucius(551–479 BCE). Generally said to have been written by his followers during the Warring States period and completed during the mid-Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), it remains one of the most influential texts in contemporary Chinese and East Asian life.


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