Punitive Expeditions rescue Missions (jiu); Decorous Warfare (li and xin); Conclusion: Reading Confucius as a Pacifist; Notes; References; Chapter 11 Comparisons with Western Philosophy ; Why is Comparative Philosophy Worthwhile; Challenges in the Study of Confucianism and Western Philosophy; Notes; References; Part III The Legacy of Confucius in Imperial China; Chapter 12 From Uncrowned King to the Sage of Profound Greatness: Confucius and the Analects in Early Medieval China ; Understanding "Sageness"; Nature and Capacity; The Heart and Mind of the Sage; Lunyu Learning; Notes.

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Confucius and Confucianism; Notes; References; Part I Representations of Confucius; Chapter 1 Early Sources for Confucius; The Sources; The Challenges Therein; The Lunyu; The Kongzi Problem; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Confucius in Excavated Warring States Manuscripts ; Confucius in the Guodian Manuscripts; Confucius in the Shanghai Museum Manuscripts; Notes; References; Chapter 3 The Unorthodox Master: The Serious and the Playful in Depictions of Confucius.

The Debate about Milfoil Divination and the Changes in the "Yao" Manuscript Foreknowledge and the Status of Master; Apocrypha, Prognostication Manuals, and Records of the Strange; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Representations of Confucius in Apocrypha of the First Century ce ; Apocrypha and its History; The Image of Confucius at the End of Western Han; Confucius as a Prophet; Confucius' Authorship of the Annals in Apocrypha; Confucius and Bizarre Phenomena; The Heavenly Sage: Confucius' Human and Miraculous Birth; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References.

The Analects: Shi as Noble Men Noble versus Petty Men: Social and Ethical Hierarchies; After Confucius: Who is a Real junzi?; Epilogue: Flexible Hierarchy as a Remedy to Excessive Equality?; Notes; References; Chapter 9 Confucius and Filial Piety ; The Roots of Filial Piety; Death, Rituals, and Death Rituals; Filial Piety as Expression and Concealment; Filial Piety and Remonstration; Filial Piety, Self-Cultivation, and Government ; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 10 The Gentleman's Views on Warfare According to the Gongyang Commentary ; Introduction; Vengeful Warfare.