The word lun as it appears in Confucius’ book Lunyu means "to compile" rather than "ethics", "to discuss", "to state", or "to select" as are miss-interpreted by many ...The word lun as it appears in Confucius’ book Lunyu means "to compile" rather than "ethics", "to discuss", "to state", or "to select" as are miss-interpreted by many scholars. This is due to the Chinese lexicological phenomenon that the original meaning comes out after the extended meaning. The word yu in Lunyu means "dialogue". In addition, this book was entitled in the Western Han Dynasty, i.e. a period after the book itself came into existence.展开更多
文摘The word lun as it appears in Confucius’ book Lunyu means "to compile" rather than "ethics", "to discuss", "to state", or "to select" as are miss-interpreted by many scholars. This is due to the Chinese lexicological phenomenon that the original meaning comes out after the extended meaning. The word yu in Lunyu means "dialogue". In addition, this book was entitled in the Western Han Dynasty, i.e. a period after the book itself came into existence.
