The Content and Characteristics of The Analects of Confucius

The Analects of Confucius is the first quotation. The typicality of China's articles also stems from this. The Analects faithfully records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, and also reflects Confucius' thoughts. There are twenty articles in this edition of The Analects. The core of the political thought of Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, is "benevolence", "courtesy" and "righteousness".

The Analects focuses on memorizing words, in which "Lun" means compilation, "Language" means words, classic sentences and proverbs, and "Analects" is the language of compilation. The Analects of Confucius has been written by many people, including Confucius' disciples, Confucius' re-disciples, and people outside Confucius, but mainly Confucius' disciples.

As an excellent collection of recorded prose, it describes Confucius' remarks in concise and meaningful language. The words of Confucius' persuasion recorded in the Analects of Confucius, or the simple response, stop immediately; Or stimulate debate, Kan Kan and conversation; Rich in change, expressive and touching.

The Analects of Confucius is also good at showing characters through the description of expressions and voices. Confucius is the center described in The Analects. "Confucius's motto" ("Wen Xin Diao Long? Sanctify "); There are not only static descriptions of his manners, but also vivid descriptions of his personality and temperament. In addition, centering on Confucius, The Analects of Confucius also successfully created some images of Confucius disciples. Such as frankness and recklessness, Yan Yuan's virtue, Zi Gong's intelligence and eloquence, Zeng's naturalness and refinement, etc. , can be called a distinctive personality, can leave a deep impression on people. Confucius taught different students in accordance with their aptitude, taking into account their different qualities, advantages and disadvantages, and the specific situation of studying in Germany. It embodies the valuable spirit of tirelessly teaching people. According to Yan Yuan, both disciples asked Ren, and Confucius gave different answers: Yan Yuan said "self-denial is benevolence", Zhong Gong said "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you", and Sima Zhong said "a benevolent person is guilty of words". Yan Yuan has profound knowledge and education, so he should take the outline of Benevolence and elaborate on Zhong Gong and Sima Zhong. Another example is to ask "Steven Zhu Xing? Confucius replied to Luz, "If your parents are here again, how can you smell it?"! Because it is also a human being, it retired. You Ran replied, "Steven will do it." Because "seeking also retreats, so advancing also retreats." "This is not only a question of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, but also full of Confucius' high sense of responsibility to his disciples.

The Analects of Confucius is a record of words and deeds recorded by the disciples of Confucius, an ancient thinker in China and one of the top ten historical celebrities in the world. Written in the early Warring States period. Because Qin Shihuang, the first emperor, burned books to bury Confucianism, in the Western Han Dynasty, only books were taught orally and obtained from the double walls of Confucius, including: 20 Analects of Lu taught orally by Lu people, 22 Analects of Qi taught orally by Qi people, and 2 1 ancient Analects of Confucius discovered from the double walls of Confucius. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, yu zhang perfected The Analects of Confucius, and on the basis of The Analects of Lu and The Analects of Qi, he formed another theory called Zhang Houlun. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan wrote Annotations on the Analects of Confucius on the basis of Zhang Houlun, referring to The Analects of Qi and The Ancient Analects, which are now the versions of The Analects. The Analects of Confucius and The Ancient Analects of Confucius soon died out. The Analects of Confucius consists of 20 chapters and 492 chapters, of which about 444 chapters record what Confucius and his disciples talked about in time, and 48 chapters record what Confucius and his disciples talked about each other.

The Analects of Confucius, as a collection of words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, has a wide range of contents, mostly involving the problems of human social life, which has had a great influence on the psychological quality and moral behavior of the Chinese nation. Until the modern New Culture Movement, it has been a must-read book for beginners in China for more than two thousand years.

After the May 4th Movement, the Analects of Confucius, as a symbol of feudal culture, was listed as the object of criticism and negation. Despite the research and germination of neo-Confucianism, under the background of China's democratic revolution, Confucian culture has not formed a new atmosphere in China. With the development of the times and the progress of the society, people have to choose a new ideology and culture, which is the spread of Marxism in China and the birth and development of a new socialist culture.