Abstract:

A new hermeneutic horizon, which differs from the philosophy of subjectivity, can be displayed through an analysis of the Analects of Confucius in the context of the philosophy of the Other.The dimension of the philosophy of the Other exists in Confucius' philosophy.In a narrow sense, the Other has its own alterity.There are three patterns of the Other in the Analects, namely, friends and teachers that are recognized as the differential Other, parents that are recognized as the infinite Other, and sages that are recognized as the ideal Other.In the perspective of the philosophy of Other the relationship between"I" and "Other"is a basic mode of thought in the Analects of Confucius.

Key words: Confucius, Confucianism, the Other, transcendence