The Doctrine of the Mean

English-language translations of
Zhongyong (The Doctrine of the Mean)
by Confucius

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is one of the Four Books of classical Chinese philosophy and a central doctrine of Confucianism. The text is attributed to Zisi (Kong Ji), the only grandson of Confucius (Kong Zi). It was originally a chapter in the Classic of Rites.

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English-language translations of Zhongyong include:

The Doctrine of the Mean, trans. by James Legge (1861)
The universal order; or, Conduct of life, trans. by Ku Hung-Ming (1906) (Commons file)
The Unwobbling Pivot, trans. by Ezra Pound (in Italian 1945, in English 1947)

The Doctrine of the Mean

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