Readership record
Global readership rank#56 of 100
Readership score37.1 / 100
Goodreads ratings203,948
Average rating3.95 / 5
First publishedc. 500 BCE
FormTreatise
OriginAncient Chinese
Length53k words
Appears on
No syllabus list matched — ranked on readership volume alone.
Lists used: NEH 1984 core reading list,
a 1,000-voter US school-reading survey, and a consolidated current-curriculum survey.