Mencius

Mencius (Cheenese: ; pinyin: Mèng Zǐ; Wade–Giles: Meng4 Tzu3; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄇㄥˋ ㄗˇ; maist acceptit dates: 372 – 289 BCE; ither possible dates: 385 – 303/302 BCE) wis a Chinese philosopher that is the maist weel kent Confucian efter Confucius hissel.[5]

Mencius
Mencius, frae Myths and Legends of China,
1922 bi E. T. C. Werner
Born372 BCE
Dee'd289 BCE (aged 83)
EraAncient philosophy
RegionChinese philosophy
SchuilConfucianism
Main interests
Ethics, Social philosophy,
Poleetical philosophy
Notable ideas
Confucianism
Auncestral name (姓):Ji (Cheenese: ; Pinyin: Jī)
Clan name (氏):Meng (Ch: 孟; Py: Mèng)[1]
Given name (名):Ke (Ch: 軻; Py: Kē)
Courtesy name (字):Unkent[2]
Posthumous name (謚):Master Meng the Seicont Sage[3] (Ch: 亞聖孟子; Py: Yàshèng Mèngzǐ)
Styled:Master Meng[4] (Ch: ; Py: Mèngzǐ)

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