9 Confucius

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Arts, Books

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Perhaps the most influential teacher in the history of the world, Confucius (551-479 B.C.) left a literary legacy that continues to inspire and provoke. Jacke Wilson takes a look at the historical Confucius, the impact that the five works known as the “Confucian canon” has had on China, and the collection of sayings and anecdotes known as the Analects. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Hello everyone, this is Jack Wilson, the host of the History of Literature Podcast.
0:14.0	I'm so glad you're here and welcome to the show.
0:17.0	One quick note before we begin, you have found one of the oldest episodes in our archive.
0:23.0	The show doesn't discuss literature in chronological order,
0:26.2	so you won't be missing anything if you start with the more recent episodes
0:29.6	instead of the earliest ones.
0:31.4	And, let's be honest honest the show's quality has improved
0:34.4	quite a bit since these early days. But of course where you begin is up to you and
0:39.4	if you'd like to give this one a try please be my guest. All of the episodes in the archive are yours to enjoy for free.
0:47.0	Hello, I'm Jack Wilson. Welcome to the History of Literature. Happy New Year everyone.
1:07.0	Any thanks to all of you for all of your well wishes and support.
1:12.0	I hope you and your loved ones are off to a good start this new year as well.
1:17.0	Last time we looked at the Xi-jing or a classic of poetry, a collection of 300 or so poems dating back as far as 3,000 years ago.
1:26.4	These poems were selected by Confucius.
1:29.0	In that episode, I mentioned some concerns I had about the criterion used for selection.
1:34.2	Poetry, in my view, is like any other form of literature.
1:37.9	It's at its best when it conveys life in all of its richness.
1:41.8	My concern was that Confucius had had his own agenda
1:45.4	and had smoothed down some of life's rougher edges
1:48.1	when selecting the poems.
1:50.4	Refinement is one thing, elegance and stoicism. Those are qualities I can admire and praise. I certainly don't mind seeing those in poems.
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