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The Analects Summary & Study Guide Description
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Confucius is the author of the Analects. He is very important in the Chinese tradition. However, little that is certain is known about the Master . He lived from 552 B.C. to 479 B.C. but his biography is not completed until the first century. By then many legends that cannot be confirmed surround him. Reliability of available sources depends on gleanings from the biography, Shih chi, the Lun yu, which is titled in English The Analects, a commentary—the Tso chuan and The Mencius as supplements. Confucius is the Western name of K'ung Ch'iu also known as K'ung Chung-ni. He is born poor in Lu about 552 B.C. and is orphaned but likes to learn. As an adult he becomes police commissioner of his birthplace. He leaves Lu in 497 B.C. to travel for thirteen years. Confucius returns in 484 B.C....
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