Abstract

FIGUEROA LACKINGTON, Benjamín Antonio. The Xué Ér in the Confucian Conceptual Framework. Estud. Asia Áfr. [online]. 2021, vol.56, n.1, pp.75-94.  Epub Feb 23, 2021. ISSN 2448-654X.  https://doi.org/10.24201/eaa.v56i1.2506.

This article presents a general commentary on the Xué Ér 學而, focusing on the broader conceptual framework of the Lúnyŭ論語-the famous Confucian text attributed to Kŏngfūzĭ孔夫子, “Confucius”. It offers an analysis of six main notions that appear throughout the sixteen aphorisms of the Xué Ér: xué 學, jūnzĭ君子, xiào 孝, běn 本, rén 仁, and lĭ 禮. It also incorporates several contemporary interpretations referred to the possible translations of these notions into modern Indo-European languages.

Keywords : Chinese philosophy; Confucius; Xué Ér; Lúnyŭ classical Confucianism.