Books That Matter: The Analects of Confucius

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Professor Biography Table of Contents Foreword A Note on Chinese Characters and Key Terms in the Analects Course Scope Lecture 1—The Hidden Teaching Dynamic of the Analects Lecture 2—The Analects: A Bird’s-Eye View Lecture 3—The Man We Call Confucius Lecture 4—How the Analects Is Organized Lecture 5—The Provenance of the Analects Lecture 6—The Analects in Miniature Lecture 7—Learning to Read the Analects Lecture 8—Confucius’s Students: Zai Wo and Yan Hui Lecture 9—Confucius’s Students: Zilu and Zigong Lecture 10—Confucius on the Purpose of Learning Lecture 11—Filial Devotion in the Analects Lecture 12—Confucius on the Value of Remonstrance Lecture 13—The Exemplary Person in the Analects Lecture 14—Confucius’s Ideal: Consummate Conduct Lecture 15—Confucius on Cultivating the Social Self Lecture 16—Ritual Conduct in the Analects Lecture 17—Confucius on Embodied Ritual and Music Lecture 18—The Analects on Effective Rule Lecture 19—Mencius: The Next Confucian Sage Lecture 20—Confucius’s Daoist and Legalist Critics Lecture 21—State Confucianism and Buddhism Lecture 22—Sima Guang and the Confucian Revival Lecture 23—Neo-Confucianism and the Political Order Lecture 24—Confucius’s Comeback in a Global World Afterword Bibliography Image Credits