Book excerpt: This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: The Life, Labours and Doctrines of Confucius The Great Learning Classic of History (Part 1 & 2: The Book of Thang & The Books of Yü) The Analects (The Revised James Legge Translation) Doctrine of The Mean (or How to Achieve Equilibrium) The Great Learning (A short Confucian text + Commentary by Tsang) Confucius (551–479 BC) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.