The Analects(Lunyu) is the core text in the Confucian canon and the first of the essential "four books" of Confucian philosophy. This translation—decades in the making—by one of China"s most senior and well respected translators bears the imprimatur of China"s cultural and education ministry. Wusun Linis one of China"s foremost translators and cultural ambassadors in a career spanning over five decades. He is adjunct professor of journalism and communications at Tsinghua University, executive vice-president of the Translators Association of China, and editor-in-chief ofChinese Translation Journal.