<p>Comparing with the Bible, I think Book/Chapter would be the most accurate.  Each 篇 revolves around one specific aspect of Confucius' ideas, and each 章 is a (mostly self-contained) event/story.</p>

<p>Unlike the Bible, in which the chapters/stories usually follow a chronological order within one book, there is little interdependence between chapters in 论语.  But I would argue that, if one is to extract Jesus's words from each chapter of Bible, one would probably get something of size comparable to a 章.  Therefore it is quite reasonable to make 篇/章 correspond to Book/Chapter.</p>

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2017-08-20T08:08:32.090Z
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Tony Beta Lambda
<p>The Analects is a collection of articles, with 20 articles in total. The first article Xue Er has 16 Chapters.</p>

<p>If you take a look at <a href="http://www.cnculture.net/ebook/jing/sishu/lunyu_en/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this version</a>, it translates articles into "book"s.</p>

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2017-08-02T16:09:17.700Z
those make for mighty small chapters
Mou某
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2017-08-03T20:30:57.020Z
True. Our ancestors loved to write short stuff. 文言文 is quite short, poems are very short too :)
An Chin
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An Chin
<p>Apparently Analects is made up of:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>《论语》共20篇，492章</p>
</blockquote>

<p>in Chinese.</p>

<p>The first "chapter" as it is called in English is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>学而第一 16章</p>
</blockquote>

<p>said to have sixteen 章.</p>

<p>This is the English index:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/JWgJc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/JWgJc.png" alt="index"></a></p>

<p>and the first chapter:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uOX7L.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uOX7L.png" alt="chapter one"></a></p>

<p>So, in English if it's chapter one, what is 1-16 of chapter one? Verses? Sentences? Phrases?</p>

<p>or would book / chapter be more appropriate? book 1 / chapter 1?</p>

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not quite understand the question.....
dan
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Chinese is 篇章 what's the English equivalent way that Analects is split up? Chapters?
Mou某
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sections? maybe.
dan
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How is Analects split up in English? Chapters? Verses?
# How is Analects split up in English? Chapters? Verses?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-31)

Apparently Analects is made up of:

> 《论语》共20篇，492章

in Chinese.

The first "chapter" as it is called in English is:

> 学而第一 16章

said to have sixteen 章.

This is the English index:

[![index](https://i.sstatic.net/JWgJc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/JWgJc.png)

and the first chapter:

[![chapter one](https://i.sstatic.net/uOX7L.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/uOX7L.png)

So, in English if it's chapter one, what is 1-16 of chapter one? Verses? Sentences? Phrases?

or would book / chapter be more appropriate? book 1 / chapter 1?

**Tags:** translation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: not quite understand the question.....  
> **username_0**: Chinese is 篇章 what's the English equivalent way that Analects is split up? Chapters?  
> **username_1**: sections? maybe.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-08-20. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Comparing with the Bible, I think Book/Chapter would be the most accurate. Each 篇 revolves around one specific aspect of Confucius' ideas, and each 章 is a (mostly self-contained) event/story.

Unlike the Bible, in which the chapters/stories usually follow a chronological order within one book, there is little interdependence between chapters in 论语. But I would argue that, if one is to extract Jesus's words from each chapter of Bible, one would probably get something of size comparable to a 章. Therefore it is quite reasonable to make 篇/章 correspond to Book/Chapter.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-08-02. Score: 0

The Analects is a collection of articles, with 20 articles in total. The first article Xue Er has 16 Chapters.

If you take a look at [this version](http://www.cnculture.net/ebook/jing/sishu/lunyu_en/), it translates articles into "book"s.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: those make for mighty small chapters  
> **username_3**: True. Our ancestors loved to write short stuff. 文言文 is quite short, poems are very short too :)  

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