1974: “Ancient Satirical Fables and Jokes Criticizing Confucius and Confucianism” 古代反孔批儒寓言笑话选 (opens in new tab)

During the first decades of the People’s Republic, Confucius took a beating—much as he had at the hands of some founders of earlier dynasties and rebel regimes. The Analects, a 2,500-year-old collection of sayings and conversations compiled by his disciples … →