5.5"x 8", 108 pages, paperback. Together with the Analects of Confucius and Mencius, the Four Books, the most important Confucian classics considered as the essentials of traditional Chinese culture. They deal mainly with the principles and methods of self-cultivation, the education of one's family and the ruling of a state and a country. To make the reading easier, the original texts are translated into modern Chinese and English.