Confucian Analects
Analects
All twenty books in James Legge's English translation, with the Chinese transcription alongside each chapter and the digitizer's notes preserved.
Edition: Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
Voices: Digitizer · Big 5 version · Digitizer · Unicode version · Edition title page · BOOK I. HSIO R. · 學而第一 · BOOK II. WEI CHANG. · 為政第二 · BOOK III. PA YIH. · 八佾第三 · BOOK IV. LE JIN. · 里仁第四 · BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG. · 公冶長第五 · BOOK VI. YUNG YEY. · 雍也第六 · BOOK VII. SHU R. · 述而第七 · BOOK VIII. T'AI-PO. · 泰伯第八 · BOOK IX. TSZE HAN. · 子罕第九 · BOOK X. HEANG TANG. · 鄉黨第十 · BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN. · 先進第十一 · BOOK XII. YEN YUAN. · 顏淵第十二 · BOOK XIII. TSZE-LU. · 子路第十三 · BOOK XIV. HSIEN WAN. · 憲問第十四 · BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG. · 衛靈公第十五 · BOOK XVI. KE SHE. · 李氏第十六 · BOOK XVII. YANG HO. · 陽貨第十七 · BOOK XVIII. WEI TSZE. · 微子第十八 · BOOK XIX. TSZE-CHANG. · 子張第十九 · BOOK XX. YAO YUEH. · 堯曰第二十
1. The Master said, 'Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application? 2. 'Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?' 3. 'Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?'
1. The philosopher Yu said, 'They are few who, being filial and fraternal, are fond of offending against their superiors. There have been none, who, not liking to offend against their superiors, have been fond of stirring up confusion. 2. 'The superior man bends his attention to what is radical. That being established, all practical courses naturally grow up. Filial piety and fraternal submission!-- are they not the root of all benevolent actions?'Read it in the reading room ›