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[book] Throughout Chinese history there have been several different theories regarding the authorship of the Mengzi. The famed Han Dynasty historian Sima Qian believed that Mencius himself wrote the book with the participation of his students Wan Zhang and Gongsun Chou. Zhu Xi, Zhao Qi, and Qing Dynasty Confucian scholar Jiao Xun believed t...
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(from the article `Chinese literature`) ...resulted. The records of the discourses became longer, the narrative portions more detailed; jokes, stories, anecdotes, and parables, interspersed ... According to Mencius, the ruler was to provide for the welfare of the people in two respects: material conditions for their livelihood and moral...
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early Chinese philosopher whose development of orthodox Confucianism earned him the title `second sage.` Chief among his basic tenets was an emphasis ... [10 related articles]
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(c. 372-c. 289 BC) Chinese philosopher and moralist in the tradition of orthodox Confucianism. He considered human nature innately good, although this goodness required cultivation, and based his conception of...
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Mencius is the Latinized name of Meng-tse, a Chinese teacher and philosopher, who was born about 370 BC, and died about 288 BC. He was educated by his mother with such success that the approbation contained in the phrase 'the mother of Meng' has become proverbial. Mencius was one of the greatest of the early Confucians.
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(Meng Tzu, Meng K'o, 371-289 B.C.) A native of Tsao (in present Shantung), studied under pupils of Tzu Ssu, grandson of Confucius, became the greatest Confucian in Chinese history. He vigorously attacked the 'pervasive teachings' of Yang Chu and Mo Tzu. Like Confucius, he travelled for many years, to many states, trying to persuade kings and princ....
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