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    Confucius

    Confucius(551–479 BCE)

    Chinese teacher and moral philosopher whose sayings and dialogues shaped East Asian thought through an emphasis on ethical cultivation, humane conduct, ritual propriety, and principled governance.

    Read by Emerson (see Emerson's Reading) & Thoreau (see Thoreau's Reading)

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    Confucii Sinarum Philosophus

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    Sinarum philosophus sive scientia Sinensis latine exposita. : Iussu Ludovici Magni eximio missionum orientalium & litterariae reipublicae bono e bibliotheca regia in lucem prodit

    The Dial's edition: 1787

    An early modern European presentation of Confucian learning in Latin, framing Confucius as a moral philosopher and introducing core teachings (and interpretive scaffolding) for Western readers encountering the tradition through a missionary-scholarly lens.