Legge’s introduction to his translations of the Chinese Classics explains what books make up the canon and what authority they hold. He discusses how the Analects were formed and by whom they were written, their commentaries and variant readings, the Great Learning and the Doctrine of the Mean, and the life of Confucius and his disciples.
A foundational work of Western sinology, still valued by students of Confucian thought. Download the free EPUB.