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The Sayings of Confucius

English translation · Translated by Leonard Arthur Lyall

by Confucius

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Read by David Barnes, Paul Sze, ML Cohen and others · 3 h 11 min · 21 parts

  1. Introductory Note

    3:43

  2. Book 01

    5:26

  3. Book 02

    7:06

  4. Book 03

    9:58

  5. Book 04

    5:25

  6. Book 05

    7:58

  7. Book 06

    9:39

  8. Book 07

    12:19

  9. Book 08

    8:34

  10. Book 09

    11:04

  11. Book 10

    8:07

  12. Book 11

    10:27

  13. Book 12

    10:12

  14. Book 13

    8:33

  15. Book 14

    15:27

  16. Book 15

    11:11

  17. Book 16

    11:23

  18. Book 17

    12:39

  19. Book 18

    8:43

  20. Book 19

    9:16

  21. Book 20

    4:45

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The Sayings of Confucius is a translation by Leonard A. Lyall, divided into twenty books and followed by an index. An introduction says Confucius was born in 550 B.C. in the land of Lu, wandered from land to land for thirteen years followed by his disciples, and was invited in 483 B.C. to return to his native land.

The sayings are short numbered passages, many beginning with the words the Master said. In one he asks what governing is to a man who can rule himself. Another says that if good men governed a land for a hundred years, cruelty would be conquered. In one exchange the disciple Jan comes back from court and the Master asks why he is so late. The index has entries such as Tzu-kung, with references to the passages.

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Confucius

Confucius (551-479 BCE) was a Chinese teacher and philosopher of the late Zhou period whose ideas on ethics, family, and government became the foundation of Confucianism. He held minor office in his home state of Lu and spent years traveling in search of a ruler who would heed him.

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Author
Confucius
Reading time
About 110 minutes
Pages
95
Language
English
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PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
David Barnes, Paul Sze, ML Cohen and others