Selected Annotations on Mencius

Author: Meng Weixuan
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: is another important representative of Confucianism after Confucius. His name is Kē, and he was from Zōu during the Warring States period. Today, in Zōuchéng City, Shāndōng Province, there are historical sites such as Meng's Mansion and Meng's Temple, which are the hometown of Mencius. Very little is known about Mencius's life. Sima Qian wrote the Records of the Grand Historian and included Mencius and Xunzi together in the Biography of Mencius and Xunzi, where his introduction to Mencius is only over a hundred words. Sima Qian lived in the early Western Han Dynasty and knew little about Mencius's life. This book selects most chapters from the Mencius, adds annotations, and provides modern Chinese translations.