Analects is an English word with synonyms like excerpt or extract. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Analects in a sentence
Analects meaning
A collection of excerpts or quotes.
Using Analects
- The main meaning on this page is: A collection of excerpts or quotes.
- Useful related words include: analecta, excerpt, excerption, extract.
- In the example corpus, analects often appears in combinations such as: the analects.
Context around Analects
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Analects
- In this selection, "analects" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, present, important, confucius, book, edited and john stand out and add context to how "analects" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1951 confucius analects john kaspar and according to analects book ix. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "analects" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with analects
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Faber, London, (essays) * 1937 Confucius: Digest of the Analects, edited and published by Giovanni Scheiwiller, (translations) * 1938 Culture. (18 words)
According to Analects, book IX, chapter 17, “the master said I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves sex ”. (22 words)
New Directions (translation) * 1951 Confucius: Analects (John) Kaspar & (David) Horton, Square $ Series, New York, (translation) * 1954 The Classic Anthology Defined by Confucius. (22 words)
He explained that this is one of the most important analects: "If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame. (40 words)
The Analects records 22 names that are most likely Confucius' disciples, while the Mencius records 24 names, although it is quite certain that there have been many more disciples whose name were not recorded. (34 words)
In Analects 7.23 Confucius says that he has no doubt left that the Tiān gave him life, and from it he had developed the virtue (Dé, 德). (28 words)
Example sentences (8)
According to Analects, book IX, chapter 17, “the master said I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves sex ”.
Confucius holds that, when one sacrifices to the gods, one must sacrifice as if the gods are present (Analects 3:12, Lau: 69).
Faber, London, (essays) * 1937 Confucius: Digest of the Analects, edited and published by Giovanni Scheiwiller, (translations) * 1938 Culture.
He explained that this is one of the most important analects: "If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.
In Analects 7.23 Confucius says that he has no doubt left that the Tiān gave him life, and from it he had developed the virtue (Dé, 德).
Legacy Confucius' teachings were later turned into an elaborate set of rules and practices by his numerous disciples and followers, who organized his teachings into the Analects.
New Directions (translation) * 1951 Confucius: Analects (John) Kaspar & (David) Horton, Square $ Series, New York, (translation) * 1954 The Classic Anthology Defined by Confucius.
The Analects records 22 names that are most likely Confucius' disciples, while the Mencius records 24 names, although it is quite certain that there have been many more disciples whose name were not recorded.
Common combinations with analects
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: