The Collected Works of CONFUCIUS (551-479 BC) Contents The Four Books GREAT LEARNING — 大學 DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN — 中庸 ANALECTS — 論語 MENCIUS — 孟子 The Five Classics CLASSIC OF POETRY — 詩經 BOOK OF DOCUMENTS — 尚書 BOOK OF RITES — 禮記 I CHING — 易經/周易 SPRING AND AUTUMN ANNALS — 春秋 The Biographies THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIUS by James Legge THE LIFE, LABOURS AND DOCTRINES OF CONFUCIUS by Edward Harper Parker BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: CONFUCIUS The Delphi Classics Catalogue © Delphi Classics 2016 Version 1 The Collected Works of CONFUCIUS By Delphi Classics, 2016 COPYRIGHT Confucianism: The Four Books and Five Classics — Collected Works of Confucius First published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Delphi Classics. © Delphi Classics, 2016. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published. ISBN: 978 1 78656 052 0 Delphi Classics is an imprint of Delphi Publishing Ltd Hastings, East Sussex United Kingdom Contact: [email protected] www.delphiclassics.com Parts Edition Now Available! Love reading Confucius? Did you know you can now purchase the Delphi Classics Parts Edition of this author and enjoy all the novels, plays, non-fiction books and other works as individual eBooks? Now, you can select and read individual novels etc. and know precisely where you are in an eBook. You will also be able to manage space better on your eReading devices. The Parts Edition is only available direct from the Delphi Classics website. For more information about this exciting new format and to try free Parts Edition downloads, please visit this link. The Four Books Qufu, a city in southwestern Shandong Province, near the eastern coast of China — Confucius’ birthplace Confucius cave on Mount Ni — according to legend, Confucius was abandoned in this cave after birth by his mother due to his ugliness. The baby was then taken care of by a tiger and an eagle, which convinced his mother to reclaim him. The Kong Family Mansion in Qufu was the historical residence of the direct descendants of Confucius in the City of Qufu. The extant structures mainly date from the Ming and Qing dynasties. From the mansion, the family tended to the Confucian sites in Qufu and also governed the largest private rural estate in China.