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A collection of excerpts from a literary work
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analects
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WordNet
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n. a collection of excerpts from a literary work [syn: analecta ]
Wikipedia
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The Analects '' (; Old Chinese : *run ŋ(r)aʔ ''; ), also known as the Analects of Confucius , is a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been compiled and written ...
Wiktionary
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n. The collected sayings of Confucius
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, "literary gleanings," from Latinized form of Greek analekta , literally "things chosen," neuter plural of analektos "select, choice," verbal adjective of analegein "to gather up, collect," from ana- "up" (see ana- ) + legein "to gather," also "to ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Analects \An"a*lects\ ([a^]n"[.a]*l[e^]kts), ||Analecta \An`a*lec"ta\ ([a^]n`[.a]*l[e^]k"t[.a]), n. pl. [Gr. 'ana`lekta fr. 'anale`gein to collect; 'ana` + le`gein to gather.] A collection of literary fragments. [1913 Webster] ||
Usage examples of analects.
The leading Confucianists were decoyed into a ravine and crushed by falling boulders, and the penalty for possession of one line of the Analects was death by slow dismemberment.
I think perhaps the Analects of Utuhegal the Blasphemer, or perhaps it was Thorald Moonaxe.
According to the ancient Analects, which guided the practitioners of Confucianism, ginger was such an important food that Confucius approved of its use even during periods of fasting or sacrificial worship, when the consumption of all other pungent or malodorous foods was prohibited.
With the Gospels under one arm, and the Analects of the Order under the other, with no sword at my waist, and with no shoes on my feet.
According to that, the Analects were compiled by the disciples if Confucius coming together after his death, and digesting the memorials of his discourses and conversations which they had severally preserved.
We cannot therefore accept the above account of the origin of the Analects,-- that they were compiled by the disciples of Confucius.
Analects, in my opinion, were made by the disciples, just like a record of remarks.
Barony of Angels, the Long Beach crew had a regular library of scriptures on which the people with whom they dealt could swear truthfulness: everything from the Analects to the Zend-Avesta.
Thus the Quran is the sacred book, but the Analects express the principles fundamental to all humans.