Analects

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Analects

Summary

Analects is a literary work[1]. Analects has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Analects authored anonymous[3].
  • Analects's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Analects's depicts is recorded as three virtues of Confucianism[5].
  • Analects is part of Four Books[6].
  • Analects's Commons category is recorded as Analects[7].
  • Analects's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese[8].
  • Analects's country of origin is recorded as China[9].
  • Analects comprises Analects/Chapter IX[10].
  • Analects comprises Confucian Analects/II[11].
  • Analects comprises Analects/Chapter XIII[12].
  • Analects comprises Confucian Analects/VI[13].
  • 480 BC marks the founding of Analects[14].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as The Analects (Legge)[15].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as Les Entretiens de Confucius[16].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as The Analects (kanbun)[17].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as non-eo[18].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as "Sishu Shen" Ling's red ink overprint of the Analects of Confucius in the late Ming Dynasty[19].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as Analects[20].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as The Analects of Confucius[21].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as Translation: Analects of Confucius[22].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as Lunyu, text Kong [Anguo] with commentary by Zheng [Xuan][23].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as Q134383675[24].
  • Analects's has edition or translation is recorded as Q136215555[25].
  • Analects's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Analects[26].
  • Analects's main subject is Confucius[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Analects authored anonymous[3].

Publication

Analects's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese[8]. Analects is part of Four Books[6].

Subject and Themes

Analects's main subject is Confucius[27].

Why It Matters

Analects has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Analects is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . ctext.org. ctext.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Putnik · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 16d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Analects
    Has part(s) Analects/Chapter IX, Confucian Analects/II, Analects/Chapter XIII +1
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