A collection of the sayings and conversations of Confucius compiled by his disciples, centred on ethics, family, ritual, and good government. It became the foundational text of the Confucian tradition across East Asia.
Sources for Confucius — Analects
Confucius — Analects in Religion & Spirituality
Held in the Religion & Spirituality chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Ancient Egyptian — The Book of the Dead (Spells for Coming Forth by Day) (−1550)
- Hinduism — The Rigveda (selected hymns) (−1500)
- Judaism — The Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) (−500)
- Christianity — The New Testament (60)
- Islam — The Qur'an (650)
- Buddhism — The Dhammapada (−300)
- Hinduism — The Upanishads (−700)
- Hinduism — The Bhagavad Gita (−200)
- Laozi — Tao Te Ching (−400)
- Zhuang Zhou — Zhuangzi (−300)
- Rumi — Masnavi (Book I) (1258)
- Augustine — Confessions (397)
- Thomas à Kempis — The Imitation of Christ (1418)
- Josephus — Antiquities of the Jews (93)
- Zoroastrianism — The Avesta (Zend-Avesta) (−1000)
- Sikhism — The Guru Granth Sahib (selected hymns) (1604)
- K'iche' Maya — The Popol Vuh (1550)
- Anonymous — Theologia Germanica (1350)
- William James — The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
- Augustine — The City of God (426)