Writings of Confucius - KongZi [Kung Tze]

English translations of the Classics by James Legge
ShuJing, XiaoJing, DaXue, and ZhongYong
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Full Chinese texts [Fanti]

• Daxue, The Great Learning [pdf]
• Zhongyong [Chung Yung], The Doctrine of Mean [pdf]
• Lunyu [Lun Yu] Analects of Confucius [pdf]


• ShiJing Book of Odes [pdf]
• Xiaojing, Book of Filial Piety [pdf]
• Liji, Book of Rites [pdf]

Excerpts of writings of Confucius (in Chinese)
The collection of writings by Confucius and his disciples is often referred to as
"Four Books and Five Classics" :
Four Books
• Lunyu [Lun Yu] Analects of Confucius -
  • Chap. 1
  • Read and hear the most famous quotation
  • Chinese text in |[BIG5] | [pdf]
  • More about Lunyu - English translations, full text etc.
  • English translation by James Legge
  • Analect Chinese text
  • Chinese text

• Daxue [Ta Hsueh] The Great Learning - Chapter 1
• ZhongYong [Chung Yung] Doctrine of Mean - Commentary
Five Classics
• Yi Jing [I Ching] Book of Change - Yi Jing [I Ching] Main Page [big5]
• ShiJing [Shih Ching] Book of Odes -
  
  ShiJing Main Page
• LiJi [Li Chi] Book of Rites -
  Chapter 9 - Utopia
  Excerpts of Liji
• ShuJing [Shu Ching] Book of History
  • Biography of BoYi [GIF]
• [Chun Chiu] Spring and Autumn Annals

More

• XiaoJing[Hsiao Ching] Book of Filial Piety
  
  • Chinese text [pdf]
  • Combined Chinese and English translation
• [Yueh Ching] Book of Music

Other sites:

• Confucius multi-language texts
  Official publishing site.

• Keith Ammann's site
  

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