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[|道德经]
The Book of the Way, by Laozi //(老子）// //Dao De Jing// is one of the richest, most suggestive, and most popular works of philosophy and literature. Composed in China between the late sixth and the late fourth centuries b.c., its enigmatic verses have inspired artists, philosophers, poets, religious thinkers, and general readers down to our own times. This new translation, both revelatory and authentic, captures much of the beauty and nuance of the original work. In an extensive and accessible commentary to his translation, Moss Roberts reveals new depths of //Dao De Jing.//

[|论语] //(孔子）//
In the //[|Analects]//论语, Confucius presents himself as a "transmitter who invented nothing".[|[7]] He put the greatest emphasis on the importance of //study//,[|[21]][|[22]] and it is the [|Chinese character] for study (or //learning//) that opens the text. In this respect, he is seen by Chinese people as the Greatest Master.[|[23]] Far from trying to build a systematic theory of [|life] and [|society] or establish a [|formalism] of rites, he wanted his disciples to think deeply for themselves and relentlessly study the outside world,[|[24]] mostly through the old [|scriptures] and by relating the moral problems of the present to past political events (like the //Annals//) or past expressions of feelings by common people and reflective members of the elite (preserved in the poems of the //[|Book of Odes]//[|[25]]).[|[26]] quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius

2) Reith Lectures
Lecture 1: [|Confucian Ways], recorded at the British Library, London, broadcast on 03 June 2008

The **Three Character Classic**, **Trimetric Classic** or **San Zi Jing** (三字经) is one of the Chinese classic texts. It was probably written in the 13th century and attributed to Wang Yinglin (王應麟, 1223-1296) during the [|Song Dynasty]. It is also attributed to [|Ou Shizi] (區適子, 1234-1324). The work is not one of the traditional six [|Confucian] classics, but rather the embodiment of [|Confucian thought] suitable for teaching young children. Until the latter part of the 19th century, it served as a child's first formal education at home. The text is written in triplets of characters for easy memorization. With [|illiteracy] common for most people at the time, the oral tradition of reciting the classic ensured its popularity and survival through the centuries. With the short and simple text arranged in three-character verses, children learned many common characters, grammar structures, elements of [|Chinese history] and the basis of [|Confucian] morality. The text fell into disuse during the [|Cultural Revolution] given the [|State]'s opposition to feudal ideologies. The classic, however, continued to circulate in other parts of the Chinese-speaking world with its inclusion in the //[|Chinese Almanac]// (通勝) along with several other classics such as the //[|Thousand Character Classic]//. The first four verses state the core //credo// of [|Confucianism] as developed by [|Confucius]' follower [|Mencius]. The idea was enshrined in the state orthodoxy for the most part of imperial Chinese period: Human nature is good and unique. 人之初 (//rén zhī chū//) People at birth, 性本善 (//xìng běn shàn//) Are naturally good. 性相近 (//xìng xiāng jìn//) Their natures are similar, 习相远 (//xí xiāng yuǎn//) Their habits make them different. quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Character_Classic