The only translation that is a pleasure to read for both its language and its profundity. Legge buries the stodgy old Confucius and introduce us to a vibrant thinker–the kind of intellectual magnet that attracted hundreds of followers in his own time and millions throughout history. <p> Since the standard translations, there have been great strides in understanding the philosophy of Confucius time. Legge is not only expert in the language but is at the cutting edge of ancient Chinese...
