Confucius' remarks are mainly recorded in The Analects of Confucius. The Analects of Confucius is one of the classic works of Confucian school, which was compiled by Confucius' disciples and their descendants. It mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and embodies Confucius' political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles.
The Analects of Confucius, Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius were called "Four Books" after the Southern Song Dynasty. There are twenty popular Analects of Confucius. The language of The Analects is concise and profound, and many of its remarks are still regarded by the world as "small words with great righteousness".
Confucius' Aesthetic Thought
The core of Confucius' aesthetic thought is the unity of "beauty" and "goodness", and the unity of form and content. Confucius advocated "poetry teaching", that is, combining literature and art with political morality, and taking literature and art as a means to change social politics and an important way to cultivate sentiment. Confucius believes that a perfect person should cultivate his self-cultivation in three aspects: poetry, ceremony and music. Confucius' aesthetic thought has a great influence on later literary theories.
Confucius clearly put forward famous aesthetic propositions such as "beauty lies in it" and "theory of difference" in the Book of Changes. The boy asked Yi published by People's Publishing House put forward the beauty of Yi school-the beauty of masculinity and the beauty of femininity; The beauty of life; The beauty of freedom; The beauty of neutralization. It is believed that "the beauty of yin and yang, the beauty of life, the beauty of freedom and the beauty of neutralization can be described as schools of aesthetics".