Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Thierry Alberto, Henry Craig, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Note: The Table of Contents is not part of the original book. THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS TRANSLATED BY LEONARD A. LYALL LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. LONDON . NEW YORK . TORONTO LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. LTD. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C.4 6 OLD COURT HOUSE STREET, CALCUTTA 53 NICOL ROAD, BOMBAY 36A MOUNT ROAD, MADRAS LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 114 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 221 EAST 20TH STREET, CHICAGO 88 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 480 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, TORONTO * * * * * CONTENTS INTRODUCTION NOTE THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS BOOK I BOOK II BOOK III BOOK IV BOOK V BOOK VI BOOK VII BOOK VIII BOOK IX BOOK X BOOK XI BOOK XII BOOK XIII BOOK XIV BOOK XV BOOK XVI BOOK XVII BOOK XVIII BOOK XIX BOOK XX INDEX * * * * * INTRODUCTION Confucius was born in the year 550 B.C.,[1] in the land of Lu, in a small village, situated in the western part of the modern province of Shantung. His name was K'ung Ch'iu, and his style (corresponding to our Christian name) was Chung-ni. His countrymen speak of him as K'ung Fu-tzu, the Master, or philosopher K'ung. This expression was altered into Confucius by the Jesuit missionaries who first carried his fame to Europe. [Footnote 1: According to the great historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien. Other authorities say, 552 and 551 B.C.]