... clinching their point. In sum, then, the reader of the Classic of Family Reverence needs to keep in mind both the routine life of the people and the rapid pace of change and violence endemic to the ... one of the “Four Books” of Confucianism, and Mencius himself was accorded the title of the “Second Sage.” Moreover, two of the remaining three texts included in the “Four Books” the Analects of ... Nevertheless, upon entering into China’s past, certain major themes will emerge as they are repeatedly expressed in different facets of Chinese life. One of these themes is the centrality of the...