Mencius
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- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2004
Summary
An essential text in Confucian thought.
Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended and expanded. The Mencius, in which he recounts his dialogues with kings, dukes and military men, as well as other philosophers, is one of the Four Books that make up the essential Confucian corpus. It takes up Confucius’s theories of jen, or goodness and yi, righteousness, explaining that the individual can achieve harm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449716 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014044971X |
| Author: | Mencius, D.C. Lau |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2004 |
| Weight: | 226g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Mencius
Mencius (372-298 BC) was one of the greatest Chinese philosophers, focusing on political theory and practice. Mencius, like Confucius, believed that rulers were divinely placed in order to guarantee peace and order among the people they rule. Unlike Confucius, Mencius believed that if a ruler failed to bring peace and order about, then the people could be absolved of all loyalty to that ruler and were justified to revolt.
D. C. Lau is a Professor at the University of Hong Kong.
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