Analects—Rituals and Self-Formation

Date
February 7, 2022
Readings

Selected passages from the Analects; Puett and Gross-Loh (2016)

READINGS

Analects

Use the following partial translation for all of the readings on the Analects from this unit:

Slingerland - Analects (partial translation).pdf1002.7KB

We will be focusing on these three concepts for this meeting, so please be sure to review the following passages. You are, however, responsible for the entire text and not just the passages highlighted here.

NOTE: Passages in (parentheses) are related to the term in question, even though the term does not appear in them.

Li 禮 (ritual propriety, rituals, rites, ceremony, etc.)

1.12, 1.15, 2.3, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 3.8, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 4.13, 6.27, 7.18, 8.2, (8.4), 8.8, 9.3, 9.11, 12.1, 12.15, 15.18, 16.5, 17.11, 17.21, 17.24

Wen 文 (culture, literature, embellished, refined, etc.)

1.6, 3.14, 6.18, 6.27, 9.11, 12.8, 12.15, 17.21

Xue 學 (learning, studying, etc.)

1.1, 1.14, 2.4, 2.15, 5.15, 5.28, 6.3, 6.27, 7.2, 7.3, (7.8), 7.17, 12.15, (13.5), 14.24, (15.42), 16.9, 16.13

Tips on reading the Analects

Scholarly Article

This is from a book aimed at a popular audience, though one of the authors (Puett) is a highly regarded intellectual historian.

Puett and Gross-Loh 2016 - On relationships--Confucius and as-if rituals.pdf168.2KB

Readings Referenced during Class Discussion

Nature Emerges from the Decree