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The Ethics of Confucius
Confucius · Confucianism · 5th century BCE
Translated by Miles Menander Dawson (1915)
12 chapters
A topical anthology of Confucian ethics — arrangements of sayings from the Master, his disciples, and Mencius into seven coherent chapters on the superior man, self-development, family, state, and human relations.
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Contents
- 1Foreword
- 2Introduction
- 3The Works of Confucius, His Disciples, and Most Important Followers
- 4Confucius
- 5Chapter I. What Constitutes the Superior Man
- 6Chapter II. Self-Development
- 7Chapter III. General Human Relations
- 8Chapter IV. The Family
- 9Chapter V. The State
- 10Chapter VI. Cultivation of the Fine Arts
- 11Chapter VII. Universal Relations
- 12Appendix: The “Great Principle” of Confucius
