Analects (Lunyu 論語) I
Analects (Lunyu 論語) I

Analects (Lunyu 論語) I

Dates
February 11, 2021
Notes

Self-cultivation; ritual; propriety

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Required Readings - Primary Text

Passages from the Lunyu. Passages in bold are of greater importance. 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, 1.13, 1.15, 2.3, 2.5, 2.23, 3.3, 3.4, 3.8, 3.9, 3.15, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.22, 3.26, 4.13, 6.27, 7.18, 7.31, 8.2, (8.4), 8.8, 9.3, 9.11, 10.5, 11.1, 11.26, 12.1, 12.5, 12.15, 13.3, 13.4, 14.12, 14.41, 15.18, 15.33, 16.2, 16.5, 16.13, 17.11, 17.21, 17.24, 20.3

Wen 文 (culture, literature, embellished, refined, etc.) 1.6, 3.9, 3.14, 5.13, 5.15, 6.18, 6.27, 7.25, 7.33 8.19, 9.11, 11.3, 12.8, 12.15, 12.24, 15.26, 16.1, 19.8

Xiao 孝 (filial devotion, filial piety, family reverence, etc.) 1.2, 1.6, 1.11, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.20, 2.21, 4.20, 8.21, 11.5, (13.18), 13.20, (17.21), (19.17) 19.18

Xue 學 (learning, studying, etc.) 1.1, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.14, 2.4, 2.15, 2.18, 5.15, 5.28, 6.3, 6.27, 7.2, 7.3, (7.8), 7.17, 7.34, 8.12, 8.13, 8.17, 9.2, 9.30, 11.3, 11.7, 11.25, 11.26, 12.15, 13.4, (13.5), 14.24, 14.35, 15.1, 15.3, 15.31, 15.32, (15.42) 16.9, 16.13, 17.4, 17.8, 17.9, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7, 19.13, 19.22

Yi 義 (rightness, righteousness, appropriateness, what is just, etc.) 1.13, 2.24, 4.10, 4.16, 5.16, 6.22, 7.3, 7.16, 12.10, 12.20, 13.4, 14.12, 14.13, 15.17, 15.18, 16.10, 16.11, 17.23, 18.7, 19.1

Tips on reading the Lunyu

Required Readings - Secondary Literature

Sarkissian 2014 - Ritual and rightness in the Analects.pdf734.9KB

Optional and Supplementary Readings

Buchtel et al. 2015 - Immorality East and West-Are immoral behaviors especially harmful, or especially uncivilized.pdf432.1KB
Martin 1993 - A philosophy of etiquette.pdf569.9KB
Olberding 2016 - Etiquette - a Confucian contribution to moral philosophy.pdf180.6KB
Puett and Gross-Loh 2016 - On relationships--Confucius and as-if rituals.pdf168.2KB
Sarkissian 2010 - Recent approaches to Confucian filial morality.pdf568.0KB