A collection of sayings attributed to Confucius and his disciples, composed by the Song scholar Xue Ju 薛據. There is a very different second version by the early 19th century scholar Sun Xingyan 孫星衍. The chapters of the Xue version are:
1.易者 Yizhe About the Book of Changes 2.子貢 Disciple Zigong 3.孔子御 Kongzi Yu Confucius was sitting in attention 4.持盈 Chiying Modest and Humble 5.子觀 Ziguan The Master was admiring 6.公父文伯 Gongfu Wenbo 7.六藝 Liuyi The Six Classical Arts 8.依賢 Yixian Relying on Wisdom 9.漆雕氏 Qidiao Shi Master Handicraft 10.楚昭王 King Chu Zhaowang 11.子出衛 Zi Chu Wey The Master Left Wey 12.顏叔子 Yan Shuzi 13.齊侯問 Qi Hou Wen The Questions of the Marquis of Qi 14.文王 King Wenwang 15.齊桓公 Duke Qi Huangong 16.公索氏 Gongsu Shi 17.子夏問 Zixia Wen The Questions of Disciple Zixia 18.楚伐陳 Chu Fa Chen Chu attacked Chen 19.孔子先 Kongzi Xian Confucius' Ancestor 20.曾子 Disciple Zengzi |
The Sun version chapters are:
1.勸學 Quanxue Exhortation to Study 2.孝本 Xiaoben The Origin of Filial Piety 3.五性 Wuxing The Five Tempers 4.-5.六藝 Liuyi The Six Classical Arts 1-2 6.主德 Zhude The Virtue of the Ruler 7.臣術 Chenshu The Skills of the Ministers 8.交道 Jiaodao The Way of Social Contact 9.論人 Lunren On Man 10.論政 Lunzheng On Government 11.博物 Bowu On the Many Objects 12.事譜 Shipu Records of Services 1-2 13.雜事 Zashi Miscellaneous Services 14.遺讖 Yichen Forgotten Prophecies 15.-16.寓言 Yuyan Allegories 1-2 |