Books that Matter: The Analects of Confucius. Episode 4, How the Analects Is Organized.
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Robert André LaFleur
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016.
The structure of the Analects offers a helpful way in which to approach and understand the text's deeper meanings. Break down Confucius's book into its "chapters" (juan), the scattered nature of its tiny nuggets of knowledge ("analects"), and the generations of historical commentary winding among these approximately 500 individual sayings.