Lun yu vs Nanhua jing: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Chinese Ethics, Chinese Philosophy, Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Lun yu
Here is a translation of the recorded thoughts and deeds that best remember Confucius - informed for the first time by the manuscript version found at Dingzhou in 1973, a partial text dating to 55 b.c.e. and only made…
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Nanhua jing
Revered for millennia in the Chinese spiritual tradition, Chuang Tze stands alongside the Tao Te Ching as a founding classic of Taoism. The Inner Chapters are the only sustained section of this text widely believed to…
The verdict
- Lun yu is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Nanhua jing.
Scores by source
| Lun yu | Nanhua jing | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Lun yu | Nanhua jing | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5 | — |
| Editions | 103 | 49 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 2 | — |
| Written reviews | 1 | — |
| Pages | 132 | 304 |