For this paper, I chose to read an excerpt from the Analects written by Confucius Kongfuzi circa 500 CE. I decided to provide a commentary on one of the excerpts from Confucius’ Analects because I was interested in learning one of the basic Confucian principles. In particular, I will be focusing on Confucius’ passage about jen (ren), meaning humaneness, because I took an interest in Confucius’ thoughts of how he believed humanity should act to better oneself and those nearby us. Confucians consider this text to be sacred as many of Confucius’ followers look to the Analects as the primary source of his teachings and views on how to live life. In 2014, Yiu-ming Fung wrote an article about the concept of jen and how some interpretations of the
