{"product_id":"📚-confucius-the-four-books-classic-texts-of-confucianism-free-shipping","title":"📚 Confucius  \u0026  The Four Books: Classic Texts of Confucianism FREE Shipping","description":"\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-8133e88e-7fff-373a-8d89-6d9019285603\"\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   A distinguished and complementary 2-book Confucianism bundle pairing the most authoritative and accessible scholarly biography and intellectual study of Confucius ever written in English with the definitive one-volume collection of all four classical Confucian texts in the landmark James Legge translation — together forming an ideal and complete introduction to Confucian thought for students, scholars, and spiritual seekers alike. This is an outstanding pairing for students of Chinese philosophy, Asian studies, comparative religion, and world literature, as well as general readers drawn to the ethical and humanistic wisdom of one of the world's most enduring and influential philosophical traditions. Together these two volumes provide everything a serious student needs — the scholarly historical and intellectual context for understanding Confucius and his thought, and the primary texts themselves in the authoritative translation that has shaped Western understanding of Confucianism for over a century.\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   Books Included in This Lot (as shown in photo):\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cul style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;\"\u003e\n  \u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"\u003e\n   \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     Confucius and the Chinese Way by H.G. Creel (Harper Torchbooks) — The landmark and widely acclaimed scholarly study of Confucius and the Confucian tradition by H.G. Creel — one of the 20th century's most distinguished Western scholars of Chinese history, language, and philosophy. Creel's masterwork examines the life, thought, and enduring influence of Confucius with the combined rigor of historical scholarship and the accessibility of a great teacher, tracing how Confucian ethics and social philosophy shaped Chinese civilization across two and a half millennia and continues to influence East Asian culture to the present day. This Harper Torchbooks vintage paperback edition is a classic of Western Sinology and remains one of the finest introductions to Confucius available in English.\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"\u003e\n   \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 18pt;\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     The Four Books: The Classic Texts of Confucianism — The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects, Mencius, compiled by Zhu Xi, translated by James Legge — The complete one-volume collection of all four foundational texts of the Confucian canon —\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     The Great Learning\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     ,\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     The Doctrine of the Mean\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     ,\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     The Analects of Confucius\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     , and\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     Mencius\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     — compiled by the great Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi and presented in the celebrated translation of James Legge, the 19th-century Scottish sinologist whose translations of the Chinese classics remain the standard scholarly English renderings and the foundation of Western Confucian studies. An indispensable primary source reference for any serious student of Chinese philosophy, Asian studies, or comparative religion.\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n","brand":"Book Lots","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48581351080168,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0794\/2062\/1032\/files\/10_7786f881-5aa7-4e0e-a1af-7410009cc831.jpg?v=1779474018","url":"https:\/\/www.book-lots.com\/products\/%f0%9f%93%9a-confucius-the-four-books-classic-texts-of-confucianism-free-shipping","provider":"Book Lots","version":"1.0","type":"link"}