Readings in Classical Chinese: Chinese Philosophical Texts (CHIN 544 / 744): Confucian Philosophical Texts
The course introduces readings from a specific philosophical school or literary genre, for example: Confucian Philosophical Texts, Daoist Philosophical Texts, Poetry, Ming/Qing fiction, etc. Prerequisite: CHIN 342 or CHIN 542 or consent of the instructor.
Publication Date: New York : Columbia University Press, c1998.
"includes extensive notes and commentary. The Brookses present their controversial theory of how to sort the "books" and "chapters" of the Analects according to the historical order in which they were composed."
Publication Date: Indianapolis : Hackett Pub. 2005.
The analects / Kongzi (Confucius) ; introduction and translation by Edward Gilman Slingerland
Considered to be "the best English translation of the Analects. Among its advantages is that it includes commentary on each passage, which gives English readers an experience more faithful to that of generations of Chinese readers. Includes some useful appendices."
[Selections from] Mengzi (Mencius) / introduction and translation by Bryan W. Van Norden