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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 181.112 EAN: 9780140449716 ISBN: 014044971X Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: June 28, 2005 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Sales Rank: 16116 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Mencius was the philosopher whose influence upon ancient Chinese thought was second only to that of Confucius, whose teachings Mencius 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 and the universe by perfecting his innate moral nature and acting with benevolence and justice. Mencius’s remarkably modern views on the duties of subjects and their rulers and on the evils of war created a Confucian orthodoxy that has remained intact since the third century BCE. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Good TranslationThe Chinese philosopher Mencius was one of the great thinkers in Confucian thought and develops many of the teachings of Confucius into a more mature form. If you're interested in Confucian thought, then you definitely need to read this volume. In addition to the main text of Mencius, this volume contains five valuable essays in the appendix. The first one covers the dating of events in Mencius. This is valuable for those who are interested in the historical aspects of Mencius. The ... Read More Rating:  - Easy to read translationRegardless of my rating, if you wish to understand Chinese thought in that era you must read this book. Mencius is considered only second to Confucius himself. In this book, translated by David Hinton, is a compilation of teachings of Chinese sage Mencius, who the book claims trained with the grandson of Confucius in the fourth century B.C.E. Here we have fourteen chapters that highlight Mencius's central belief in inherent goodness of human nature. Mencius is easier to read ... Read More Rating: - another book of the library of chinese classicsThe "Library of Chinese classics" is excellent. You may have Chinese text and English translation on facing pages. This is the best thing. Unfortunately, there aren't any notes. I advice this book they who can read Chinese and want to profit from the facilities of this edition. The general reader should integrate this edition with the excellent translations already published, such as Mencius' Da Liu, anyway. Rating: - Interesting and inscrutableI have read a great deal of Chinese history. I have also read many of the philosophy classics; Confucius Analects, the Tao Te Ching, the I Ching, and the Chuang Tsu. Chinese philosophy does not set forth ideas as directly as Western philosophy. You can read three sentences and search for the meaning for fifteen minutes. The writing conveys ideas in what is to me an abstruse fashion. I briefly studied the Chinese language and it conveys a lot of ideas in a short space. After the thinking I do ... Read More Rating: - Mr. Mecius is super-fabulicius!!!What can I say? This book is probably the closest Chinese book involving the art of parallel-argumentation that a person will ever get out of a Chinese book. I love this book. Plus, Lau really adds desert by his five highly detailed appendixes. Way to go Lau! Browse for similar items by category:
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