Confucius’ collected teachings, called “The Analects,” are written in classical Chinese and are nearly as incomprehensible as Latin is to the average English speaker.

For instance, at one point in the Analects Confucius says "With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow, I have still joy in the midst of these things.

Confucius' Analects makes the point in this brief passage: Zigong was criticizing other people. The Master said: "Zigong must have already reached perfection, which affords him a leisure I do not ...

Prime Minister Albanese recently remarked, ‘I think it was Confucius… who said, “If you think you’re the smartest one in the ...

The Analects is a collection of sayings and ideas of the ancient philosopher Confucius, written and compiled by his followers.. There are believed to have been several versions, with the one ...

But the Confucius of the Analects, the ancient text that best elucidates his teachings, is a very different sage than the one who resides in public perception. The real Confucius never advocated ...

Confucius taught these principles as a wandering scholar, and his pronouncements were taken down by his disciples and recorded in what is now called the Analects.