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Definition of Analects
1. Noun. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
Definition of Analects
1. n. pl. A collection of literary fragments.
Definition of Analects
1. Noun. A collection of excerpts or quotes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Analects
1. selections from a literary work or group of works [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Analects
Literary usage of Analects
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"of the analects lucid and numerous. From the first hundred pages of the Prolegomena
the reader will learn more about the great philosopher of China than ..."
2. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... Confucius Sayings from the analects a man's father is alive, look at the bent
of his will ; when his father is dead, look at his conduct. ..."
3. Early Chinese History: Are the Chinese Classics Forged? by Herbert James Allen (1906)
"CHAPTER XI THE LUN-YU OR 'analects' THE Lun-yii or 'analects' are 'discourses'
chiefly between Confucius and his disciples, though there are certain ..."
4. The Wisdom of the Chinese: Their Philosophy in Sayings and Proverbs by Brian Brown, Ly Hoi-Sang (1920)
"551 BC analects ON GOVERNING v_>HI K'ANG TZU questioned Confucius on a point of
government, saying: "Ought not I to cut off the lawless in order to ..."
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