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Map: Lands of the Silk Road: Eastern Aspect at the Beginning of the 21 st Century
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
Conversion Table: Pinyin to Wade-Giles
About the Editor
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Introduction
PART ONE: FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25--220 CE)
OVERVIEW
1
Laozi (b. c. 570 BCE)
ThE CONSTANT WAY (TAo)
From Chapter 1, Tao-te-ching 道德经
2
Laozi (b. c. 570 BCE)
TRUSTWORTHY WORDS ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL
From Chapter 81, Tao-te-ching 道德经
3
Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
CLEVER WORDS CAN HARDLY BE PART OF TRUE VIRTUE
From Verse 3, Book 1, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)
4
Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
LEARN TO DEVELOP MORAL QUALITIES
From Verse 6, Book 1, Lunyu 论语 (The Analects)
5
Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
A LEARNED MAN
From Verse 7, Book 1, Lunyu 论语 (The Analects)
6
Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
SUBSTANCE AND ATTENTION TO FORM AND BEAUTY
From Verse 18, Book 6, Lunyu 论语 (The Analects)
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Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
THE ABSOLUTE ESSENTIAL
From Verse 7, Book 12, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)
8
Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
SINCERITY IS ALL-IMPORTANT
From Verse 18, Book 15, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)
9
Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
GET YOUR MEANING ACROSS
From Verse 41, Book 15, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)
10
Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
HE WHO IS SINCERE WILL BE TRUSTED
From Verse 6, Book 17, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)
11
(Attributed to) Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
How MUCH USE CAN THERE BE IN A MINOR ART?
From "Xiaobian"小辨 (Minor Arts), Chapter 74, Da Dai liji 大戴礼记 (Elder Dais Book of Rites)
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(Attributed to) Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND MEANING
From "Xici zhuan shang" 系辞传上 (Appended Statements, Part 1, Chapter 12), Zhouyi 周易 (Zhou Changes)
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(Attributed to) Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
ThE MAN OF TRUE VIRTUE
From "Wenyanzhuan qianjiusan" 文言传·乾九三 (Sayings on Patterning [with reference to] the Third Line of Hexagram 1, Qian or Heaven), Zhouyi 周易 (Zhou Changes)
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Biographies of Persons Mentioned in the Text
Works Cited
References
Title Index
Name Index
General Index