Confucius. -- The ancients. -- The disciples. -- The analects. -- Terms. -- Written tradition. -- Ritual. -- Appendix I. The interpretations. -- Appendix II. Biographical dates. -- The analects.

"The Analects of Confucius is one of the central books of Chinese literature and Chinese thought; memorized and studied for many centuries, it has been certainly one of the most influential books in world history. There are many translations of this rewarding but difficult work. Arthur Waley -- the translator of the Tale of Genji, of a vast body of Chinese poetry, and of many other classics of Oriental literature and thought -- brings to this translation his great gifts as a scholar and a writer, and has produced what is without question the best version in English of the Analects. A full introduction gives the social and political background of this work, analyses of key terms in Chinese thought that are prominent in it, and a careful study of the history of the book and its interpretations. There are also full notes illuminating the references to contemporary events and clarifying obscure passages."--Cf. OCLC record.

Contents: Confucius. -- The ancients. -- The disciples. -- The analects. -- Terms. -- Written tradition. -- Ritual. -- Appendix I. The interpretations. -- Appendix II. Biographical dates.

"The Analects of Confucius is one of the central books of Chinese literature and Chinese thought; memorized and studied for many centuries, it has been certainly one of the most influential books in world history. There are many translations of this rewarding but difficult work. Arthur Waley -- the translator of the Tale of Genji, of a vast body of Chinese poetry, and of many other classics of Oriental literature and thought -- brings to this translation his great gifts as a scholar and a writer, and has produced what is without question the best version in English of the Analects. A full introduction gives the social and political background of this work, analyses of key terms in Chinese thought that are prominent in it, and a careful study of the history of the book and its interpretations. There are also full notes illuminating the references to contemporary events and clarifying obscure passages."--Cf. OCLC record.

Selections from the Xiyouji (Record of the Journey to the West), a novel sometimes attributed to Wu Cheng'en ; translated from the Chinese by Arthur Waley. Cf. Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, p. 413-418.

"The translations ... were made over twenty years ago ... In arranging the poems for this illustrated edition I have corrected a certain number of mistakes. But on the whole I have reprinted the poems as they stood in 1918 and 1919 [under titles, A Hundred and Seventy Chinese poems, and More translations from the Chinese]."--Pref.