Conversations and judgments. Confucius

“Conversations and judgments” (“Moon-yu”) is the main book of Confucianism and all Chinese culture. For many centuries, this treatise was considered mandatory for memorizing the Middle Kingdom in the classical education.

into Russian “Lun-yu” was translated in 1910 by Pavel Stepanovich Popov, the largest Russian Chinesist of his time, translator of many works of ancient China philosophers and compiler of Russian -Chinese dictionary, which served in the diplomatic mission in Beijing. Its translation is characterized by accuracy, expressiveness and proximity to the original.