LibGuides: Primary Sources: China: Confucious

Online Sources: Confucious

Sayings of Confucius
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"These 500 verses of sayings attributed to the teacher of the ideal gentleman form one source of Confucianism."
Works by Confucius
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Writing by Confucius at the MIT Classics Library.

Analects of Confucius by Confucius
Call Number: PL2478 .L3 2007

ISBN: 0231141645

translated by Burton Watson
Analects of Confucius : a New-Millennium Translation by Confucius
Call Number: PL2478 .L8 1999

ISBN: 0963785281

"Bilingual text, full annotation, chronology, three indexes"--Cover
The Four Books : Confucian Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, and The Works of Mencius by Confucius
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust

Translated by James Legge
The Four Books by James Legge (translator)
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust

Confucian analects, the great learning, the doctrine of the mean, and the works of Mencius
The Morals: of Confucius
Call Number: Online - ECCO

a Chinese philosopher, Who flourished above five Hundred Years before the coming of Christ. Being one of the choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation.
The Morals: of Confucius (2nd edition)
Call Number: Online - ECCO

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