Translated by James Legge, 1861
The Analects
Confucius · twenty books · five hundred and twelve passages, with the Chinese text, pinyin, and James Legge's 1861 English translation
The twenty books
Each book gathers the passages his disciples assigned to it. Open a book to read it straight through, or open a single passage for the translation and notes.
On Learning
16 passages
On Government
24 passages
The Eight Rows
26 passages
Dwelling in Benevolence
26 passages
Kung-ye Ch'ang
28 passages
Yung Yey
30 passages
On Transmission
38 passages
T'ai Po
21 passages
The Master Rarely Spoke
31 passages
In His Village
27 passages
The Earlier Disciples
26 passages
Yen Yuan
24 passages
Tsze-lu
30 passages
Hsien Asked
44 passages
Duke Ling of Wei
42 passages
The Chi Family
14 passages
Yang Ho
26 passages
The Viscount of Wei
11 passages
Tsze-chang
25 passages
Yao Said
3 passages
The Analects record what Confucius said and how he behaved, as his disciples remembered it. Short exchanges, often no more than a line, arranged in twenty books. This edition gives the Chinese text with a reading above every character, sets James Legge's 1861 translation beside it, and keeps the notes and commentary printed with the text in Chinese editions at the end of each page.