"This is a very important text that has long needed a full English translation, and Bruya and Li have done so with great skill and expertise. Their work gives readers a broader and more accurate picture of Confucius, his students, and early Confucianism."-- Alexus McLeod, author of Myth and Identity in the Martial Arts: Creating the Dragon "On the same level as the Analects , the Dialogues of Confucius is required reading for anyone seeking an accurate, complete, and systematic understanding of Confucius and Confucianism, ancient Chinese culture, current Chinese scholarship, and Chinese thought. In this book, Brian Bruya and Wenwen Li have mastered its philosophy and have done a great service by translating it into English."-- Yang Chaoming, Advanced Institute for Confucian Studies at Shandong University "The publication of this exegesis and definitive translation of the Dialogues of Confucius by comparative philosophers Brian Bruya and Li Wenwen occasions nothing less than a thorough rethinking of our Confucius 'man and his philosophy' sources. Their compilation and translation of a critical text together with a glossary of key philosophical terms is a turn in global scholarship that opens up new and exciting avenues for research in classical Confucian philosophy. First among these contributions perhaps is that, through a capacious literary survey and a close analysis of past scholarship on the Dialogues, they construct a nuanced and compelling argument for elevating this document to complement the Analects and serve the next generation as a previously understudied extension in our resources for the life and thinking of China's greatest philosopher."-- Roger T.

Ames, cotranslator of The Analects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation.