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Twenty books

The Analects

All 499 passages across the twenty books are published passage by passage: simplified Chinese, a reviewed modern Chinese guide, James Legge's public-domain English translation, notes, and themes — readable, hearable, indexable, shareable.

01

Xue Er 学而

Learning, self-cultivation, friendship, and the roots of conduct.

16 chapters

02

Wei Zheng 为政

Virtuous government, filial conduct, learning, and the noble person.

24 chapters

03

Ba Yi 八佾

Ritual, music, order, and inward reverence.

26 chapters

04

Li Ren 里仁

Humaneness, rightness, profit, and dwelling with virtue.

26 chapters

05

Gongye Chang 公冶长

Judgments of people and observations of virtue.

27 chapters

06

Yong Ye 雍也

The mean, humane concern, and the spirit of learning.

28 chapters

07

Shu Er 述而

Confucius on himself, learning, and aspiration.

37 chapters

08

Tai Bo 泰伯

Virtue, ritual order, and the responsibility of scholars.

21 chapters

09

Zi Han 子罕

Rare words on profit, fate, and humaneness; the sage's bearing.

30 chapters

10

Xiang Dang 乡党

Everyday ritual, manners, and details of conduct.

18 chapters

11

Xian Jin 先进

Disciples, character, and the style of teaching.

25 chapters

12

Yan Yuan 颜渊

Humaneness, government, ritual, and noble practice.

24 chapters

13

Zi Lu 子路

Government, rectifying names, and action.

30 chapters

14

Xian Wen 宪问

Moral distinctions and the character of the noble person.

47 chapters

15

Wei Ling Gong 卫灵公

Loyalty, reciprocity, devotion to the Way, and conduct.

41 chapters

16

Ji Shi 季氏

Political order, self-cultivation, and prudent concern.

14 chapters

17

Yang Huo 阳货

Human nature, education, and the condition of the age.

26 chapters

18

Wei Zi 微子

Withdrawal, service, and figures of history.

11 chapters

19

Zi Zhang 子张

Sayings of disciples and the transmission of learning.

25 chapters

20

Yao Yue 尧曰

Political ideals and the closing vision of cultivation.

3 chapters