| #128115 in Books | Lau, D. C./ Mencius | 2005-06-28 | 2005-06-28 | Original language:Chinese | PDF # 1 | 7.80 x.70 x5.00l,.50 | File type: PDF | 304 pages | Penguin Classics||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Benevolence is not Enough.|By John Engelman|Mencius was a great Confucian scholar who lived a century after his mentor, from 372 BC to 289 BC. Mencius built his philosophy on one aspect of Confucius’ thinking: rulers should be benevolent. He deemphasized what Confucius also maintained: subjects of rulers should be obedient.
Benevolence in a ruler is to be comme|Language Notes|Text: English (translation)| Original Language: Chinese|About the Author|Mencius (372-298 BC) was one of the greatest Chinese philosophers, focusing on political theory and practice. Mencius, like Conf
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 harmony with mankind an...
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