{"product_id":"9780143106852-the-analects","title":"The Analects","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most influential books in human history, in a revelatory new translation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChina's first and greatest teacher, Confucius traveled from state to state as an itinerant philosopher. \u003ci\u003eThe Analects \u003c\/i\u003epreserves his major teachings, as compiled by his disciples after his death - everything from how people should relate to each other (the Golden Rule, which he was the first to define), to how a country should be organized (like a family), to how to lie in bed (not like a corpse).\u003cbr\u003eThis new translation, by one of the pre-eminent scholars of Confucius, draws on the most recent excavated texts and latest scholarship. The historian Annping Chin sets out to illuminate the historical context of Confucius's teachings, explaining who the many local figures referenced in \u003ci\u003eThe Analects\u003c\/i\u003e are, and navigating a rich tradition of historical commentaries to provide a map of Confucian thought that brings us as close as possible to experiencing Confucius as his followers might have 2,500 years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConfucius\u003c\/b\u003e (551-479 B.C.) was a philosopher, political figure and founder of one of the major schools of thought in Chinese history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnping Chin\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer in the history department at Yale and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Authentic Confucius: A Life of Thought and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e and a coauthor, with Jonathan Spence, of \u003ci\u003eThe Chinese Century: A Photographic History of the Last Hundred Years.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58130403393910,"sku":"9780143106852","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34320533.jpg?v=1782100437","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780143106852-the-analects","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}