Books That Matter: The Analects of Confucius

Learning to Read the Analects (1x7)

Air date: Dec 08, 2016

While there are no absolute rules for reading the Analects, there are ways to enhance your understanding of its complexities. Tips you'll learn in this helpful lecture include: focus on the early chapters (more likely to be composed soon after Confucius's death) and-paradoxically-acknowledge what the book cannot teach you.