The Analects, or Lunyu, dating back to approximately 450 BC is a collection of sayings and ideas of which philosopher?
Analects Analects The Analects (; ; Old Chinese: "*[r]u[n] ŋ(r)aʔ"; ), also known as the Analects of Confucius, is a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been compiled and written by Confucius's followers. It is believed to have been written during the Warring States period (475–221 BC), and it achieved its final form during the mid-Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD). By the early Han dynasty the "Analects" was considered merely a "commentary" on the Five Classics, but the status of the "Analects" grew to be one of the central
Analects Han dynasty, Chinese readers have interpreted the "Analects" by reading scholars' commentaries on the book. There have been many commentaries on the "Analects" since the Han dynasty, but the two which have been most influential have been the "Collected Explanations of the Analects" ("Lunyu Jijie") by He Yan (c. 195–249) and several colleagues, and the "Collected Commentaries of the Analects" ("Lunyu Jizhu") by Zhu Xi (1130–1200). In his work, He Yan collected, selected, summarized, and rationalized what he believed to be the most insightful of all preceding commentaries on the "Analects" which had been produced by earlier Han and Wei