Explaining Kong Qiu's thought, Mencius is a compilation of Mencius' speeches, which was written by Mencius and his disciple * * *, and recorded Mencius' language, political views (benevolence, Wang Ba's debate, people-oriented, respecting the right and wrong of the monarch, valuing the people and despising the monarch) and political actions. It is a Confucian classic. The starting point of his theory is the theory of good nature, which puts forward "benevolent governance" and "kingly governance" and advocates rule by virtue. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi called Mencius, The Analects of Confucius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean "Four Books".
Mencius
Since the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has been regarded as a book handed down from family to family. Just like today's textbooks. Mencius is the longest and heaviest of the four books, with more than 35, words. From then on until the end of the Qing Dynasty, "Four Books" has always been a compulsory part of the imperial examination. The theory of Mencius is not only pure and broad, but also extremely vigorous and beautiful. Five Classics: The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Yijing and Chunqiu.
Mencius has seven articles and fourteen volumes handed down from generation to generation: the first and second chapters of King Hui of Liang; "GongSunChou" up and down; "Teng Wengong" up and down; "Li Lou" up and down; "Zhang Wan" up and down; "Gao Zi" goes up and down; "Dedicated" up and down. [6]
However, according to Mencius, when Mencius saw you, such as Liang Huiwang, Liang Xiangwang, Qi Xuanwang, Zou Mugong, Teng Wengong, Lu Pinggong, etc., they were all called posthumous title, which was not what Mencius did on his own. Also remember that Mencius' disciples Le Zhengzi, Gong Duzi and Wu Luzi are all called "Zi", which is definitely not Mencius' work, and its compilers are probably Mencius' disciples. The book was written in the middle of the Warring States Period.
The book Mencius, which expounds Kong Qiu's thought, is a compilation of Mencius' speeches, which was compiled by Mencius and his disciple * *, and recorded Mencius' language, political views (benevolence, Wang Ba's debate, people-oriented, respecting the right and wrong of the monarch's heart, valuing the people and despising the monarch) and political actions. It is a Confucian classic. The starting point of his theory is the theory of good nature, which puts forward "benevolent governance" and "kingly governance" and advocates rule by virtue. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi called Mencius, The Analects of Confucius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean "Four Books".