WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ideas of Confucius were compiled into a book called ____
A
The Book of the Dead
B
The Mandate of Heaven
C
The Analects
D
The Oracle of Man
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Ban Gu, writing in the Book of Han, the Analects originated as individual records kept by Confucius’s disciples of conversations between the Master and them, which were then collected and jointly edited by the disciples after Confucius’s death in 479 BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Analects of Confucius is an anthology of brief passages that present the words of Confucius and his disciples, describe Confucius as a man, and recount some of the events of his life. The book may have begun as a collection by Confucius’s immediate disciples soon after their Master’s death in 479 BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the primary purposes of the Analects, then, was to serve as a text that would provide Confucius’s followers with a more detailed understanding of etiquette and proper behavior. The Analects were written in part as a response to the political turmoil and corrupt governments of the day.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Analects is a collection of twenty “books” that contain valuable quotes and sayings from the Chinese philosopher Confucius, as well as his disciples.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Analects are a collection of Confucius’s sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live.

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