Our third random paperback is out: 論語 (The Analects), as recorded by the followers of Confucius.
After this, we’re likely sticking with our usual Lucire and Autocade brands in our publishing business for the remainder of 2025.
The decision to do The Analects came from inspiration from one of my closest friends in London, who had recently bought a copy. As with A Farewell to Arms, I felt I could do one better.
It’s a work that’s close to me considering my parents were adherents, and my father often talked about Confucianism. Thirty years ago, at law school, I wrote a paper on it. This was a chance to revisit the original work, see if I could learn more from The Analects, and help spread the good wisdom from it further.
It became apparent that although I had not read much from it since 1995, I had followed a great deal of its principles. For those who are not Chinese, it might give you an insight into why certain things do not faze us, generally, as a people, and why we place civility highly in our lives. It perhaps contrasts, too, how we venerate tradition more than occidentals, who acknowledge it, but tend to be more radical in moving on to the next thing.
After A Farewell to Arms and Nineteen Eighty-Four, I had wanted to do a title by an author of my own heritage. I won’t say which one I originally had in mind, but The Analects makes far more sense and is in line with JY&A Media’s motto, ‘The joy of knowledge’.
As before, it is available on Libriz, and, happily, not on Amazon. If you buy it, you have the assurance you won’t be making Jeff Bezos richer and widening the income gap. You also won’t be tracked across the web. Postage is free for customers sending to a UK address.
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