The Analects: A Contemporary Translation [Hardcover]

TheA bold, innovative, and inviting translation of one of the most influential texts in human history. Innovatively . . . [Cline] arranges the text thematically rather than in its more traditional format . . . Throughout Clines translation, Confucius comes across as a stern but compassionate teacher, patient and insightful even about mundane things. A clear and refreshing translation that renders the insights on the good life in their true light, free from misleadingly gendered language. This one might supersede all the others. Erin M. Clines scholarship is impeccable; her sense of the text and her insights into its underlying message are always impressive, often revelatory, and at times astonishing. This translation opens the text to new generations of readers and invites them to join the expanding circle of readers who have learned from and come to love the teachings of the first teacher. Not just a book to study but a work of art to live with, this edition reclaims the Erin M. Clines translation is the