The Conduct of Life, or the Universal Order of Confucius - A Translation of One of the Four Confucian Books, Hitherto Known as the Doctrine of the Mean #249271

The present volume is a translation of one of the four Confucian canonical books called the Chung Y ung, which has been translated by Dr. Legge as the Doctrine of the Mean. The Chinese word Chung means central — hence right, true, fair and square and Y any means common, or dinary — hence universal. The two Chinese words therefore mean the true, fair and square, universal standard of right; in short, the common-sense of right.