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A 6 page research paper on the history, value and significance of Confucius' Analects, a multi-volume, 2,500 year old collection of his sayings put into writing after his death by his followers. Confucius had something to say about every aspect of human life within the confines of his society, truths that today, even with all the societal changes that have ocurred over the centuries, remain truths applicable still to human life that Confucius worked so fervently to improve. Bibliography lists 6+ sources.
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Islam said, "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." From the Koran: "Let none of you
treat a brother in a way he himself would dislike to be treated." A principle of Hinduism is "The true rule is to do by others as you do
by your own." And what is supposed to be one of the basics of Christianity, spoken by Jesus and recorded in the Bible, "Do unto others as you would
have them do unto you."1 In the same vein, Confucius, recorded in the Analects, said, "Is there one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout ones whole life?
Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: do not do to others what you would not have others do to you" (Binford 7). It is reported that Confucius last
words reflected his deep regret that the then-living rulers did not possess the sagacity requisite to properly appreciate either the intent or the depth of his ethical philosophy and teachings.
He died at seventy-three, unhonored. According to compilations of his works later made by his students, he was still optimistic, even at his death, that his "inspiring pleas
for truth and justice, industry and self-denial, moderation and public duty" (Dawson 6) would, in the future, come to the social life of his land. China may yet today be
moving toward more of a Confucius-biased existence, though as is the case in the rest of the world, they (and we) have not fully appreciated the "wealth of gentleness, the
profound forces for good, the uplifting influences embodied in the teachings" of Confucius, "whose aim, reduced to its simplest definition, was to show how to get through life like a
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