The Analects (Norton Critical Editions)

“LeyshasmadeConfuciusspeakEnglishmorepersuasivelythananytranslatortodate.Hisachievementisoneofsimplicity....LeysseeshistaskasmakingtheConfuciusoftheAnalectsfullypersuasiveagain.Hedoesthisbrilliantly.”―StephenOwen,TheNewRepublicTheNortonCriticalEditionaimstosituatethehistoricalfigureofKongzi,thelegendaryfigureofConfucius,andtheAnalects(orLunyu),thesinglemostinfluentialbookascribedtotheMaster'scircleofdisciples,withintheirevolvingethical,cultural,andpoliticalcontexts.SimonLeys’sacclaimedtranslationandnotesareaccompaniedbyMichaelNylan’sinsightfulintroduction.ElevenessaysbyleadingexpertsinthefieldofChinesestudiesdiscussabroadrangeofissuesrelatingtotheAnalects,fromtheoriginsoftheclassicists(Ru)andtheformationoftheAnalectstexttotheuse(andabuse)oftheMaster’siconicimageintwentieth-andtwenty-first-centuryAsian,diasporic,andWesternsettings.Collectively,thesereadingssuggestthattheConfuciuswethoughtweknewisnottheKongziofrecordandthatthisKongziisaproteanfiguregiventorapidchangeandcontinualreevaluation.ContributorsincludeHenryRosemontJr.,NicolasZufferey,RobertEno,ThomasWilson,SébastienBillioudandVincentGoossaert,JuliaK.Murray,MarkCsikszentmihalyiandTaeHyunKim,EricL.Hutton,LukeHabberstad,HeYuming,andSamHo.20