| #151275 in Books | Anonymous | 2005-06-28 | 2005-06-28 | Original language:Chinese | PDF # 1 | 7.80 x.67 x5.10l,.50 | File Name: 014044971X | 304 pages | Mencius
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| An interesting read, but very repetitive|By Seth|Before reading this book, my knowledge of Confucian beliefs or the Confucian classics was greatly lacking, and reading Mencius seemed to be a quite engaging and interesting way to learn more about the topic. That was partly correct. It was really interesting to get to learn about Confucianism and feudal China, but it must be adm|Language Notes|Text: English (translation)| Original Language: Chinese|About the Author|Mencius (372-298 BC) was one of the greatest Chinese philosophers, focusing on political theory and practice. Mencius, like Conf
Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he 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 a...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Mencius (Penguin Classics) | Mencius. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
