Confucianism Mythology
Confucianism: The Complete Guide to Confucius, Virtue, Ritual, and the Wisdom of the Sages
Confucius, Virtue, Ritual, and Wisdom
The teaching that shaped East Asia for 2,500 years: the life of Confucius, the meaning of ren and li, the bonds between ruler and ruled, parent and child, and the long argument over what makes a good human being. From the Analects to the great commentators.
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Inside this book
What you will read
- 11 chapters, primary sources
- Instant PDF download
- Original ink illustrations
- Inline citations to the classical texts
- Designed for print quality
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- 01The World of the Warring States
- 02The Life of Confucius
- 03The Analects: The Words of the Master
- 04Ren: The Heart of Goodness
- 05Li: Ritual, Music, and Right Order
- 06The Five Relationships and the Bonds of Society
- 07Heaven, the Mandate, and the Way (Tian and Dao)
- 08Mencius and the Goodness of Human Nature
- 09Xunzi and the Straightening of the Crooked
- 10Ancestors, Rites, and the Sacred Family
- 11The Examination State: Confucianism Across the Ages
Written by
Guillaume Henry
Founder of Mythologis
Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every book draws on the primary sources first.
- Primary sources first
- No invented quotations
- Cross-referenced across translations
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