Title: The book doesn't do justice to Confucius
Product review: Somewhere there must be a book about Confucius that does him justice. This book isn't it. Confucius lived in a very violent world or war-lords and princes always fighting each other. Somehow, Confucius took a different path and tried to teach others the wisdom of non-violence and education. This man pre-dated Jesus by 500 years with his ideas of peace. This book gives some of the occurances in Confucious' life... and some good quotations... but it seems a lot is missing considering what Confucious is famous for. The illustrations by Tseng Yu-Ho are terrible. They look like childrens finger paintings on a fence! There is ONE good illustration before the title page of a charcoal drawing of Confucious.. but it is not drawn by Yu-Ho. This particular printing is beautifully bound in leather and has gold leaf pages. It looks nice on my shelf. I am no expert on Confucious, so maybe this is as good as it gets?
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