Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Roberts makes Confucius an engaging figure. . . it’s as if we were actually talking to Confucius." * Asian Review of Books *
Table of ContentsDedication and Acknowledgments
Introductory Remarks
Book One: Learning pursued . . .
Book Two: Exerting political authority . . .
Book Three: Eight rows of dancers . . .
Book Four: Surrounded by the humane . . .
Book Five: Gongye Chang is wived . . .
Book Six: Our Yong here . . .
Book Seven: I do not innovate . . .
Book Eight: Taibo’s virtue . . .
Book Nine: Rarely did Confucius speak . . .
Book Ten: Home in his locale . . .
Book Eleven: Those who first entered . . .
Book Twelve: Yan Yuan asked about Ren . . .
Book Thirteen: Zilu asked about governing . . .
Book Fourteen: Xian asked about shame . . .
Book Fifteen: Lord Ling asked about marshaling troops . . .
Book Sixteen: The Jisun clan prepares to attack . . .
Book Seventeen: Yang Huo sought a meeting . . .
Book Eighteen: Weizi quit his office . . .
Book Nineteen: Zizhang said . . .
Book Twenty: Yao hath said . . .
Appendix A: Terms and Titles
Appendix B: A Timeline for Confucius’s Life
Selected Bibliography
