The Life of Confucius.

CONFUCIUS,.

Item Number: 59044

Shanghai: Kwang Hsueh Pub. House, Oxford University Press, China Agency, c. 1930.

First edition. Oblong , 12 mo. Original blue silk wrappers bound with string, gilt title to the front panel, frontispiece. Contains 108 plates on 54 leaves. Shêng chi t’u” transliterated from Chinese characters in title. The plates, with explanatory letterpress in Chinese and English, illustrate the life and cult of Confucius. In very good condition. Rare.

Chinese philosopher Confucius’s principles had a basis in common Chinese tradition with an emphasis on ancestral veneration, respect for one’s elders, and strong family loyalty. His teachings left a legacy of disciples and gained widespread prominence throughout the mid-first century and became the official imperial philosophy of China after his death in 479 B.C.E.