The book * * * consists of 20 chapters and 492 sections. It mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and embodies Confucius' political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles. This book is one of the Confucian classics.
Together with Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius, together with The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu, they are called the Four Books and Five Classics.
The Analects of Confucius covers politics, education, literature, philosophy and ways of living. As early as the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, when Confucius set up an altar to give lectures, its main contents were initially established; After the death of Confucius, his disciples and descendants handed down his remarks from generation to generation, and gradually recorded the words and deeds of these oral quotations.
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The Analects of Confucius is not only a record, but also a collection of several fragments. The arrangement of these chapters is not necessarily meaningful; Even between the two chapters, there is not necessarily any connection. And the chapters of these fragments are by no means written by one person. The Analects of Confucius is a very short book, but there are many repeated chapters.
Of course, there are students of Confucius among the authors of The Analects. The chapters in The Analects of Confucius were written not only by different students of Confucius, but also by different disciples of Confucius. There are many records that students have participated in.
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