A Reader's Companion to the Confucian Analects

Henry Rosemont, Jr., is George B. and Willma Reeves Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts Emeritus at St. Mary s College of Maryland, and Senior Consulting Professor at Fudan University.

Preface What Does it Mean to be A Confucian? A Most Unusual Book: Approaching the Analects How Do You Spell Chinese? The Language of The Analects Terms, Concepts, & Concept-Clusters The Students The Master On Knowing Reading the Analects: Is What it Says True? Roles, Families, & Society Ancestor Veneration Rituals and Spiritual Cultivation Summary Suggestions A Briefly Annotated Brief Bibliography for Further Reading APPENDIX I: Wade-Giles - Pinyin Conversion Table APPENDIX II: Concordance of 30 Key Philosophical Terms in the Analects APPENDIX III: The Students: A Finding List