刘君祖

Born
1952–present
Nationality
Chinese
Notable works
A New Interpretation of The Analects (Complete Two Volumes)A New Interpretation of GuiguziThe Romance of The Analects (Volume 1)

12 written works

About the author

Liu Junzu, born in 1952, is a scholar of Confucianism and a researcher of the I Ching (Book of Changes). He has long immersed himself in classical Chinese texts, with a particular focus on the I Ching, and is skilled at illustrating classical principles with examples from everyday life, creating an interpretation style that is plain and closely tied to daily experience. His writings cover the I Ching, the Analects, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Guiguzi, and character appraisal. His representative works include New Interpretations of the Analects (two volumes), New Interpretations of Guiguzi, New Interpretations of Bingjian, Qian and Kun: Liu Junzu on the Great Wisdom of Qian and Kun, Liu Junzu's Complete Book of I Ching Divination (two volumes), and Romance of Sun Tzu's Art of War. Eleven of his works are included in the collection, mostly categorized under Eastern philosophy, social culture, and philosophical readings. His books are aimed at general readers and focus on turning ancient wisdom into accessible and practical ways of thinking, giving him a certain influence in the popular transmission of traditional classics.

Written (12)

A New Interpretation of The Analects (Complete Two Volumes) cover
Rating 4.3
A New Interpretation of The Analects (Complete Two Volumes) 刘君祖 CITIC Press · 2026 This book is divided into the Upper and Lower Analects, twenty chapters in all. The Upper Analects begins with learning at the proper time and putting…
A New Interpretation of Guiguzi cover
Rating 4.1
A New Interpretation of Guiguzi 刘君祖 CITIC Press · 2026 There are many annotated editions of Guiguzi. Liu Junzu, a leading Taiwanese scholar of the I Ching who has studied the Zhouyi—long known as the "sea …
A New Interpretation of Bingjian cover
Rating 4.0
A New Interpretation of Bingjian 刘君祖 CITIC Press · 2026 Ice Mirror is a classic work on reading and appraising people, and was a favorite of Zeng Guofan, a leading statesman of the late Qing restoration. Un…
Tribulation cover
Rating 4.0
Tribulation 刘君祖 CITIC Press · 2026 This book offers a thorough analysis of the nine忧患 (contingency) hexagrams in the I Ching—Lu (Treading), Qian (Modesty), Fu (Return), Heng (Duration),…
The Romance of The Analects (Volume 1) cover
Rating 4.0
The Romance of The Analects (Volume 1) 刘君祖 Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · 2026 The Analects may be called China's first book. Chinese communities have been deeply influenced by it since childhood: reading it at eight stirs the em…
Liu Junzu's Complete Book of I Ching Divination (Complete Two Volumes) cover
Rating 4.0
Liu Junzu's Complete Book of I Ching Divination (Complete Two Volumes) 刘君祖 Jiuzhou Press · 2026 The I Ching is known to all, yet few can truly read and understand it; and those who do understand it are often at a loss when it comes to interpretin…
Qian and Kun: Liu Junzu Explains the Great Wisdom of Qian and Kun cover
Rating 3.8
Qian and Kun: Liu Junzu Explains the Great Wisdom of Qian and Kun 刘君祖 CITIC Press · 2026 The two trigrams Qian and Kun carry world-opening leadership significance in the I Ching, known as the hexagrams of heaven and earth and of father and…
The Romance of Sun Tzu's Art of War cover
Rating 3.8
The Romance of Sun Tzu's Art of War 刘君祖 Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · 2026 The Art of War is the world's universally recognized oldest extant work on military science. Mr. Liu Junzu, who has a thorough mastery of both the I C…
A New Interpretation of the Tao Te Ching cover
Rating 3.7
A New Interpretation of the Tao Te Ching 刘君祖 Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 The author, Liu Junzu, is a renowned master of Yijing studies, and thus interprets the Daodejing through the lens of the Yijing. Liu Junzu holds that …
A New Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Art of War cover
Rating 3.6
A New Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Art of War 刘君祖 Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 The Art of War is recognized worldwide as the oldest extant work on military science. In his new book The Art of War Expanded, Mr. Liu Junzu, an exper…
A New Interpretation of Guiguzi cover
Rating 3.5
A New Interpretation of Guiguzi 刘君祖 Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Guiguzi focuses on the arts of vertical and horizontal alliances, opening and closing. It offers not only theory and guiding principles but also a str…
A New Interpretation of The Analects cover
A New Interpretation of The Analects 刘君祖 CITIC Press · 2016 A New Interpretation of The Analects is a study of the Analects written by the Taiwanese scholar Liu Junzu on the basis of nearly forty years of work …

Publishers

Shanghai Joint Publishing CompanyCITIC PressJiuzhou PressHuashan Literature and Art Publishing House