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The Essential Confucius

by Confucius · 1992

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A deluxe paperback edition: Thomas Cleary's brilliant translation of the sayings of Confucius presented in the order of the 64 classic I Ching hexagrams.

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Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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