Direct Interpretation of Mencius

Author: Pan Xinguo
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: Mencius, named Ke and styled Ziyu, was a great thinker, philosopher, and ethicist in Chinese history. Mencius was the inheritor of Confucian thought and the tradition of the Way. He was a disciple of Zisi. This book primarily introduces the life and achievements of Mencius, Mencius's political thought, Mencius's theory of innate goodness, Mencius's literary thought and literary achievements, and Mencius's educational thought. The book adopts a direct explanation approach, which integrates interpretations from various schools of thought and enriches them with new knowledge and insights, using modern language to annotate directly without citation. The main text is in large characters, while annotations are in smaller characters, placed below the corresponding sentence (word, phrase) in the main text for easy reading.