Books That Matter: The Analects of Confucius

How the Analects Is Organized (1x4)

Air date: Dec 08, 2016

The structure of the Analects offers a helpful way in which to approach and understand the text's deeper meanings. Break down Confucius's book into its chapters" (juan), the scattered nature of its tiny nuggets of knowledge ("analects"), and the generations of historical commentary winding among these approximately 500 individual sayings."