1. Author
2. Plot Summary
3. Characters
4. Literary Terms
5. Memorable Quotes
Author:
The sayings of Confucius were remembered by his followers and were later compiled in a book of Analects (sayings), perhaps having been expanded on in the meantime.
Author: Paul Brians
Confucius had three moral and political teachings to love people, to respect parents, and to do onto others as you would like to be treated.
Most of the things we know about Confucius are merely legends and are not actual facts.
He focused his teachings on education and studying.
Confucius' goal was to create gentlemen who carry themselves with are respectful, have manners, display integrity everyday life.
Author: Jeffrey Riegel
Confucius, born in 551 B.C., was one of China’s greatest philosophers. He is best known for the writer of the analects and Confucianism, his thoughts and philosophy which developed onto a religion. It wasn’t until the age of 68 that Confucius started to teach his philosophy. Throughout the next five years Confucius taught his philosophy, a book called the Five Classics, to his followers. It was not until after his death in 479 B.C. that his teachings of the five classics were being taught as the Analects of Confucius.
Plot Summary:
Central to the Analects is the virtue of Jen, often translated as humanity, good, or reciprocity. Tao, another key concept in the work, refers to the way that individuals, families, and governments should conduct themselves in the world, while Li involves the performance of rites, ceremonies, and group activities that foster a connection with the world beyond the everyday. Confucius's teaching method stressed independent thinking on the part of his students and he strove to define concepts in an abstract, universal manner that could be applied to different cultures. As a result, his philosophical principles in the Analects are not precisely defined, evoking diverse and sometimes conflicting interpretations. For example, the Analects’ emphasis on discipline, duty, and etiquette has been used by some political leaders at times to justify dictatorial rule, whereas Confucius's view of the state was that is should serve the people.
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Master and Subject: This relationship explains how the subject must follow the ruler’s ways.
Sibling and Sibling: They should respect each other.
Husband and Wife: There is a bond in this relationship that cannot be broken by anyone unless intentionally done to the couple.
Characters:
The Master spoke in metaphors and parables. He taught about life and the five relationships. He was very wise and gave advice to his students.The student is the person in the analects who is curious and therefore asks a lot of questions. The student uses the metaphors that the teacher says to him in order to learn new lessons.
Literary Terms:
He who rules by moral force is like the pole-star, which remains in its place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.
Those who rule by morals and not force will eventually be taken over by more powerful forces.
Metaphor – He who rules by moral force is like the pole-star, which remains
in its place while all the lesser stars do homage to it
Personification – I could follow the dictates of my own heart
At sixty, I heard the docile ear
Memorable Quote:
The Master said, “ He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in its place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.” (II,1)
This quote means that a person who rules with morals will become a stable leader and guide people in the right direction, while the others will respect him. The quote compares the person or leader with the pole star (North Star) because people use this star as a sense of direction; since it never moves; and guides people, while the other stars are moving around it.
“Never do to other what you would not like them to do to you.”
This quote summarizes the central theme of the Analects. The quote refers to treating others equally and the importance of it.
By: Alfred Avila, Cynthia Johnson, Amanda Starghill, and Cristal Ortega
By: Evan Kuterbach, Kathleen Maloney, Morgan Smith, Veronica Aviles
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