Concept tag
#analects
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Reading group: the ren passages of the Analects in five English translations
Following the recent arguments here about whether ren means "benevolence", I'd like to propose something slower: reading the key ren passages of the Analects side by side in five translations, with the Chinese for those who read it, and noticing exactly where…
Started by Kenneth Leung Chi-ho0 replies41 views -
Neither filling nor drawing out: what the Analects and Xunzi think a learner is
My students in Taipei memorise the Analects for exams, which means they experience Confucian learning as the most extreme form of filling-up imaginable. I keep trying to show them that the texts themselves say something else. The Analects opens with learning and…
Started by Lin Pei-shan5 replies282 views -
“You are your relationships”: is that Confucius, or a modern reading of him?
I'm a retired teacher reading the Analects slowly with a commentary, and I keep meeting a claim in the secondary literature that I can't quite find in the text. The claim, associated with Roger Ames and Henry Rosemont and their "role ethics",…
Started by Henrike Vogel5 replies200 views