This companion is not intended as another interpretation of the ancient text, but rather as an aid for contemporary students to develop their own interpretive reading of it, in the hope of thereby aiding them in the search for meaning, purpose, and service in their own lives - as seventy-three generations of Chinese have done.

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Henry Rosemont, Jr., is George B. and Willma Reeves Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts Emeritus at St. Mary s College of Maryland, and Senior Consulting Professor at Fudan University.

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Preface What Does it Mean to be A Confucian? A Most Unusual Book: Approaching the Analects How Do You Spell Chinese? The Language of The Analects Terms, Concepts, & Concept-Clusters The Students The Master On Knowing Reading the Analects: Is What it Says True? Roles, Families, & Society Ancestor Veneration Rituals and Spiritual Cultivation Summary Suggestions A Briefly Annotated Brief Bibliography for Further Reading APPENDIX I: Wade-Giles Pinyin Conversion Table APPENDIX II: Concordance of 30 Key Philosophical Terms in the Analects APPENDIX III: The Students: A Finding List