Örülök, hogy olyan kiadást olvastam, ahol a kommentár és a magyarázatok hosszabbak voltak, mint Konfociusz mondásai, hiszen enélkül valószinuleg jóval kevésbé élveztem volna a könyvet. Unable to obtain the leading political role he sought, he endeavored to reform society and salvage civilization through ethical debate, defining for ages to come the public mission of the intellectual.
Many of his observations mark a world sinking into violence and barbarity. Confucius (551-479 B.C.) lived in an age of acute cultural and political crisis. He emerges as a man of great passion and many enthusiasms, a man of bold action whose true vocation is politics. In this gem-like translation by Simon Leys, Confucius speaks with clarity and brilliance. As the Gospels are to Jesus, the Analects is the only place where we can encounter the real, living Confucius. The spiritual cornerstone of the most populous and oldest living civilization on Earth, the Analects has inspired the Chinese and all the peoples of East Asia with its affirmation of a humanist ethics. No other book in the entire history of the world has exerted a greater influence on a larger number of people over a longer period of time than this slim volume. Unable to obtain the leading political role he sought, he endeavored to reform society and salvage civilization through ethical debate, defining for ages to come… ( tovább)
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