The Work of Mencius: The Chinese Classics - Softcover

Mengzi

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798746885364

Verlag: Independently published, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Regarded as the second most important book of Confucianism, after only of The Analects of Confucius himself, Mengzi (Mencius, Meng Zi, or Meng Tzu, depending on the translator) provides an impressive analysis from morals to political philosophy.The original book is believed to have been written during the late 4th century BC by his disciples. This edition brings a translation to English made by one of the greatest Britain sinologists of the history, James Legger, in 1861."The most important development of the Confucian School was in the teachings of Mengzi (372–289 B.C.). After the death of Confucius, the teachings were divided into two schools, one of Hsuntse and one of Mengzi, the former believing in the wickedness of human nature and the necessity of restraint, and the latter believing in the sheer expansiveness of the good heart of man. Mengzi said, "The great man is one who has not lost the heart of a child." He started out from the assumption that man has the innate capacity for good and loves what is good, that it is through corruption that man deteriorates, and that therefore the essence of self-cultivation, of preserving one's moral character, consists merely in "finding the lost heart of the child." This has become the orthodox school. Mengzi has been given a place next only to Confucius, and it is common to speak of Confucian doctrines as "the teachings of Kung-Meng," meaning Confucius (Kung) and Mengzi (Meng)."— Lin Yutang, 1959

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798746885364
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 150
• Herausgeber: Medeiros R.
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