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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 Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display 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 Confuciuss 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. Menciuss 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: - 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 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 ... 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! Rating: - "To try to achieve anything is like digging a well. "Having read the Analects, I wanted to read further in Chinese philosophy. It was recommended that I pick up the Lau translation of Mencius, as it was widely considered the best. Even as a reader approaching his thinking for the first time, I was able to get quite a bit from reading the seven books. They were thought-provoking and crisp. I was interested in the notions of morality and good as treated in his analogies. This point is the famous difference between Confucius and Mencius and ... Read More 
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