7. Uncrowned King: Kongzi (Confucius) and the Analects
An introduction to Kongzi, the founder of Confucianism, and to the text that has come to represent his thought, the Lunyu (Analects).
Themes:
• M. Nylan (trans.), The Five “Confucian” Classics (New Haven: 2001).
• E. Slingerland (trans.), Confucius: Analects (Indianapolis: 2003).
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• A.-P. Chin, The Authentic Confucius: a Life of Thought and Politics (New York: 2007).
• W. De Bary, The Trouble with Confucianism (Cambridge MA: 1991)
• H. Fingarette, Confucius: The Secular as Sacred (New York: 1972)
• D. Gardner, Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction (New York: 2014).
• P.R. Goldin, Confucianism (London: 2011).
• P.R. Goldin (ed.), A Concise Companion to Confucius (Oxford: 2017).
• D.L. Hall and R.T. Ames, Thinking Through Confucius (Albany: 1987).
• C. Harbsmeier, “Confucius Ridens: Humor in The Analects,” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 50 (1990), 131-61.
• Y. Huang, Confucius: A Guide for the Perplexed (London: 2013).
• M. Hunter and M. Kern (eds), Confucius and the Analects Revisited: New Perspectives on Composition, Dating, and Authorship (Leiden: 2018).
• M. Nylan and T. Wilson, Lives of Confucius: Civilization’s Greatest Sage through the Ages (New York: 2010).
• A. Olberding (ed.), Dao Companion to the Analects (Dordrecht: 2014).
• J. Oldstone-Moore (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Confucianism (Oxford: 2023).
• H. Stumpfeldt, “Thinking Beyond the ‘Sayings’: Comments About Sources Concerning the Life and Teachings of Confucius (551-479),” Oriens Extremus 49 (2010), 3-27.
• B.W. Van Norden (ed.), Confucius and Analects: New Essays (Oxford: 2002).
• X. Yao (ed.), Encyclopedia of Confucianism (London: 2003).
• N. Zufferey, To the Origins of Confucianism: The Ru in Pre-Qin Times and During the Han Dynasty (Bern: 2003).
“Confucius,” online on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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