analects

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• [ˈæ.nəˌlɛk(t)s]
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From James Legge's 1861 translation of the work's Mandarin Chinese title 論語 (Lúnyǔ). "Analects" itself is a 1658 Ancient Greek loanword from ἀνάλεκτα (análekta, “things chosen”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + λέγειν (légein, “to gather”). Compare lecture.

First attested in 1658, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλεκτα (análekta, “things chosen”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + λέγω (légō, “I gather”). Compare lecture.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: Analectes — collected sayings of Confucius
• Chinese Mandarin: 論語 /论语 (Lúnyǔ) — collected sayings of Confucius
• French: Analectes — collected sayings of Confucius
• French: Entretiens de Confucius — collected sayings of Confucius
• Japanese: 論語 (Rongo) — collected sayings of Confucius
• Korean: 논어 (Noneo) — collected sayings of Confucius
• Malay: Bunga Rampai — collected sayings of Confucius
• Manchu: ᠯᡝᠣᠯᡝᠨ ᡳ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᡵᡝᠨ (leolen-i gisuren) — collected sayings of Confucius
• Occitan: Analèctas — collected sayings of Confucius
• Portuguese: Analectos — collected sayings of Confucius
• Romanian: Analectele — collected sayings of Confucius
• Romanian: Învățăturile lui Confucius — collected sayings of Confucius
• Tangut: 𘓆𘒣 — collected sayings of Confucius
• Vietnamese: Luận Ngữ — collected sayings of Confucius
• Chinese Cantonese: 選集 /选集 (syun2 zaap6) — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Chinese: 選集 /选集 (sóan-chi̍p) — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Chinese Mandarin: 選集 /选集 (xuǎnjí) — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• German: Analekten — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• German: Sammlung von Auszügen — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• German: Zitatesammlung — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• German: Sprüchesammlung — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Greek: ανάλεκτα (análekta) — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Indonesian: analekta — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Japanese: 選集 (senshū) — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Korean: 선집 (seonjip) — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Malay: analek — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Polish: analekta — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Portuguese: analectos — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Russian: литерату́рный сбо́рник (literatúrnyj sbórnik) — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Tagalog: analektas — a collection of excerpts or quotes
• Vietnamese: tuyển tập — a collection of excerpts or quotes