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The Analects of Confucius is a collection of quotations compiled by disciples and re-disciples of Confucius, a thinker and educator in the Spring and Autumn Period. Written in the early Warring States period. The book consists of 20 chapters and 492 sections, with quotations as the main part and narratives as the supplement, which embodies the political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles of Confucius and Confucianism.
Most of the works are quotations, but the words are rich in meaning, and some sentences and chapters are vivid. Their main features are concise language, easy to understand and far-reaching ideas. They have an elegant and subtle style, which can express characters in simple dialogues and actions.
The Analects of Confucius is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of Confucius disciples. As early as the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, when Confucius set up an altar to give lectures, the main contents of The Analects of Confucius were initially produced. After the death of Confucius, his disciples and re-disciples passed on his remarks from generation to generation, and gradually recorded the words and deeds of these oral quotations, so it was called "On"; The Analects of Confucius mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, so it is called "language".
In the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Yi explained: "The speaker, the sage's language, the commentator, and the Confucian discussion." In fact, "Shang" means compiling. The Analects of Confucius refers to recording the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples and compiling them into books. Its editors are mainly Zhong Gong, Zi You, Xia Zi and Zi Gong. They are worried about the way to lose their teachers, so they first discuss drafting a memorial teacher. Then finish it with a few disciples who stayed in Lu, and then pass it on to the disciples.