The Sayings of Confucius, Translated by James R. Ware – 1955 [Unknown Artist]

I haven’t actually read this one, but I’m still displaying it for the sake of the cover painting. 

The initials in the upper left corner – 孔子 – are not (!) those of the anonymous cover artist, who in this case is most definitely not Robert Jonas.  Rather, they’re those of Confucius himself.  According to Wikipedia, they represent, “Kǒng Fūzǐ”, or, “Master Kǒng””.

And so forth…

Confucius, at…

Wikipedia

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Project Gutenberg

Internet Archive

孔子, at…

zh.Wikipedia

ja.Wikipedia

The Dao of Kongzi (“better known to English-speakers as ’Confucius’”), at…

Internet Archive

James R. Ware, at…

… Harvard University (Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations)