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Mencius
Mencius , Mandarin Meng-tzu, 371?-288? BC, Chinese Confucian philosopher. The principal source for Mencius' life is his own writings. He was born in the ancient state of Ch'ao, in modern Shandong prov. He lost his father as a child and was reared by his mother, who, in Chinese folklore, is synonym... Read more
Shandong
Shandong or Shantung [east of the (Taishan) mountains], province (1994 est. pop. 86,520,000), c.59,000 sq mi (152,850 sq km), NE China. Jinan is the capital. The eastern half of the province is a peninsula, situated between the Bohai on the north and the Yellow Sea on the east and south. The ... Read more
Chou
Chou , dynasty of China, which ruled from c.1027 BC to 256 BC The pastoral Chou people migrated from the Wei valley NW of the Huang He c.1027 BC and overthrew the Shang dynasty. The Chou built their capital near modern Xi'an in 1027 BC and moved it to Luoyang in 770 BC Initially the Chou dominated... Read more
Chinese Dynasties
Chinese Dynasties Chinese Dynasties Dynasty Characteristics and History Hsia  c.1994-c.1523 BC Semilegendary Emperor Yu built irrigation channels, reclaimed land. Bronze weapons, chariots, domestic animals used. Wheat, millet cultivat... Read more
Chinese literature
Chinese literature the literature of ancient and modern China. Early Writing and Literature It is not known when the current system of writing Chinese first developed. The oldest written records date from about 1400 BC in the period of the Shang dynasty, but the elaborate system of nota... Read more
Confucianism
Confucianism , moral and religious system of China. Its origins go back to the Analects (see Chinese literature ), the sayings attributed to Confucius , and to ancient commentaries, including that of Mencius . Early History and Precepts In its early form (before the 3d cent. BC) Confu... Read more
China
China Mandarin Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo [central glorious people's united country; i.e., people's republic], officially People's Republic of China, country (2000 pop. 1,295,000,000), 3,691,502 sq mi (9,561,000 sq km), E Asia. The most populous country in the world, China has a 4,000-mi (6,400-km... Read more

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Mencius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Mencius Mencius (ca. 371-ca. 289 B.C.) was a Chinese philosopher and one of the...philosophers emerged, and the most brilliant of these philosophers was Mencius. Mencius elaborated on and refined many of the ideas of Confucius, and...
Chinese literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Yung [doctrine of the mean] from the Li Chi, the Lun Yü [analects of Confucius], and the Book of Mencius (see Mencius ). Other important early books include the Tao Te Ching [classic of the way and its power], traditionally ascribed...
Chinese Religions, Confucianism and Science in China
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...conscience, rather than to a narrower political loyalty. Jen also refers to affection and love. The great Confucian thinker Mencius (371 – 289 b.c.e.) said, "The human being of jen loves others." However, jen should be guided by yi...
Huang Tsung-hsi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...this treatise in the hope that some later regime would implement his recommendations. Like the ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius, Huang argued that government must promote the happiness of the people. Feeling that the imperial government had become too...
Lu Chiu-yuan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Confucianism and raised the query, "Why is it that Ch'eng I's words do not seem to agree with those of Confucius and Mencius?" In the course of his study of the ancient classics when Lu Chiu-yuan was 13 years of age, he came across the term y...
Meng-tse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Meng-tse see Mencius .
Shandong
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...migrated from Shandong to Manchuria to escape extreme overcrowding. Shandong is venerated by the Chinese as the birthplace of the ancient philosophers Confucius and Mencius, and as the site of Tai, a sacred peak. Shandong Univ. is in Jinan.
Confucianism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Analects (see Chinese literature ), the sayings attributed to Confucius , and to ancient commentaries, including that of Mencius . Early History and Precepts In its early form (before the 3d cent. BC) Confucianism was primarily a system of ethical precepts...
Political Theory
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...tradition; Saint Augustine, Nyerere, Nkrumah, and S é kou Tour é in the African tradition; Confucius, Mencius, Mo-tzu, Chuang-tzu, Han Fei-tzu, and numerous thinkers influenced by Taoism and Buddhism in the Chinese tradition...
Chuang Tzu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Liang (370-319) and King Hsüan of Ch'i (319-301). Thus Chuang Tzu seems to have been a contemporary of Mencius (372-289), but neither was mentioned by the other in his extant writings. The Shih Chi also says that Chuang Tzu was...

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Mencius
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Mencius (Chin., Meng Tzu/Mengzi; c. 391...308 BCE). Early Confucian thinker. Mencius' ideas appear in a book bearing his name...to long dialogues. Perhaps written by Mencius and his disciples, it was edited, with...
Humanity: Asian Thought
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...must consciously strive to actualize it. Mencius (Mengzi, c. 371 – c. 289...actualize this potential. According to Mencius, the path to perfection begins with cultivation...sages to emulate their example. After Mencius, the notion that human nature is basically...
Justice in East Asian Thought
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...developments: the pioneer sage, Confucius; the apologist, Mencius (Master Meng; c. 371 b.c.e. – c. 289 b...D. C. Lau (Harmondsworth, U.K.: Penguin, 1979). Mencius, or "Master Meng." Political justifications for humane...
Confucianism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...wealth and power. Warring States Confucianism Until the time of Mencius (Mengzi; c. 371 – c. 289 b.c.e.) the principal...proper performance of the rites. The text that bears the name Mencius confirms historians' judgments that this era, the height...
Confucian Classics
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...it included the book of the philosopher Meng ( Meng Tzu , or Mencius ) and the earliest dictionary, called Er Ya . The neo-Confucian...Books of the Four Philosophers ( Ssu Shu ): the Analects , Mencius , Ta Hsüeh ( Great Learning ), and Chung Yung...
Humanism: Chinese Conception of
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...virtue." Ren as the dispositional state is based on what a human being is. Both the Doctrine of the Mean (chap. 20) and Mencius (7a: 16) — two texts that have been grouped together with the Analects (plus the Great Learning ) as the four...
Individualism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...dependent on practice and education. Confucius's follower Meng-Tzu (c. 371 – 298 b.c.e.; romanized as Mencius) elaborated this position by stipulating that environment and instruction are insufficient as explanations for why only some...
Meng Tzu
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Meng Tzu: see MENCIUS .
Tʾien-ming
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...a concept developed in Chou philosophy ( c. 8th cent. BCE) to define legitimate rulers. The concept is attributed to Mencius . It holds that an emperor lacking in virtue has forfeited the right to rule. This right is then granted from Tʾ...
Mengzi
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Mengzi: see MENCIUS .

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Mencius on Becoming Human.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Mencius on Becoming Human. By James Behuniak Jr. Albany...Press, 2005. Pp. xxviii + 186. $40.00. In Mencius on Becoming Human, James Behuniak provides a comprehensive reading of the Mencius, ranging from cosmology and metaphysics to familial...
More "Mencius-on-human-nature" discussions: what are they about?(Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; Alan Kam-leung Chan, editor. Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations. Honolulu...51.00, ISBN 0-8248-2377-x. Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations, edited...different authors on various aspects of the Mencius. Nine of the thirteen focus in one way...
Some reflections on Mencius' views of mind-heart and human nature.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; Introductory Remarks Mencius' most significant contribution to Confucian...basis, practical implication, and influence of Mencius' views of mind-heart and human nature. Origin of Mencius' Views of Mind-Heart and Human Nature Confucius...
James Behuniak, Jr. Mencius on Becoming Human.(Book review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; James Behuniak, Jr. Mencius on Becoming Human. Albany: State University...00, ISBN 0-7914-6229-3. In Mencius on Becoming Human James Behuniak, Jr...the botanical metaphor underlying the Mencius' discussions of human development...
Joanne D. Birdwhistell. "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power, Morality, and Maternal Thinking.(Book review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; Joanne D. Birdwhistell. "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power...7029-9. In her latest book, "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power...the necessity of understanding the Mencius as a text concerned with masculinity...
Mencius and Early Chinese Thought.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Mencius and Early Chinese Thought. By Kwong...University Press, 1997. Pp. xii + 295. With Mencius and Early Chinese Thought, Kwong-Loi...traditional and modern interpretations of the Mencius. He taps both Western translations and...
Meno and Mencius: two philosophical dramas.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...between Meno and Socrates and between Mencius and King Xuan are philosophical dramas...describe by disciples of Socrates and Mencius. The authors had a number of motives...the future. The conversation between Mencius and Xuan, on the other hand, has deeply...
The concept of fate in Mencius.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; The concept of fate in Mencius is by no means a new theme in the study...Particularly on the question of whether Mencius upheld the doctrine of unalterable and...meanings of the term ming as used by Mencius -- life, moral decree, and fate...
EMOTIONAL CONTROL AND VIRTUE IN THE MENCIUS.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...does one acquire these attitudes? In the Mencius (Meng Zi ?? ??)(1) we find answers...that seems very much taken for granted in Mencius scholarship: that according to the Mencian...necessary for full moral development. Mencius takes the possession of attitudes that...
Mencius and Early Chinese Thought.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...appear in the title, Kwong-Loi Shun's Mencius and Early Chinese Thought is an analysis of ethics in the Mencius. Shun's goal is to "further our understanding...privileges interpretations that either make Mencius (the person) as coherent as possible...