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Selections From The Analects
Passage 1: Superior People & Their Virtue
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Procursus,
Passage 2,
Passage 3
Outline
- Perfect Virtue
- The Superior Man
- Superior Government
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A. Perfect Virtue
Dramatis Personae
- Confucius aka KǑNG Qiū 孔丘 = a social critic and moralist
- YÁN Huí 颜回 aka YÁN Yuān 颜渊 (his actual name), known as Zǐyuān 子渊 = his favorite disciple and only real friend
- RǍN Yōng 冉雍, known as Zhònggōng 仲弓 = another disciple
- SĪMǍ Niú 司马牛 aka LÌ Gēng 梨耕 aka Huán Gēng 桓耕= another disciple, brother of Huán Tuí 桓魋, a rebel
- BǓ Shāng 卜商, known as Zǐxià 子夏 = another disciple, and a friend of SĪMǍ Niú
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B. The Superior Man
Dramatis Personae
- Confucius aka
- KǑNG Qiū 孔丘 = a social critic and moralist
- SĪMǍ Niú 司马牛 aka LÌ Gēng 梨耕 aka Huán Gēng 桓耕= {{another disciple, brother of Huán Tuí 桓魋, a rebel
- BǓ Shāng 卜商, known as Zǐxià 子夏 = another disciple, and a friend of SĪMǍ Niú
- ZHUĀNSŪN Shī 颛孙师, known as Zǐzhāng 子张 = another disciple, probably one of the compilers of The Analects
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C. Superior Government
Dramatis Personae
- Confucius aka KǑNG Qiū 孔丘 = a social critic and moralist
- DUĀNMÙ Cì 端木赐, known as Zǐgòng 子贡 = a disciple
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