Confucius(551-479 BC) is the most influential sage in China. This book is a record of the dialogues between the sage and his disciples. In answering their questions, he does not tell them what the answer is, but how he would solve the question, so his answer has an everlasting transcendental value. He teaches his disciples how to cultivate the mind and thinks it a delight to acquire knowledge and to behave in accordance with what is right. In this book politics, ethics and religion are combined into one, but he replaces religion by aesthetics or the sense of delight, which becomes the essence of life. His way of thinking might not be logical , deductive or the non deductive but intuitive, associative and analogical. He has exercised great influence on forming and molding national character and social behavior, and giving guidance to public and private life.（《论语》是记载孔子及其学生言行的一部书，成书于春秋战国之际，由孔子的学生及其再传学生所记录整理，是儒家思想千年经典绝学。《论语》涉及哲学、政治、经济、教育、文艺等诸多方面，内容非常丰富，是儒学最主要的经典。在表达上，《论语》语言精练而形象生动，是语录体散文的典范。在编排上，《论语》没有严格的编纂体例，每一条就是一章，集章为篇，篇、章之间并无紧密联系，只是大致归类，并有重复章节出现。）