This is the T ' ien Mencius refers to when he says: " As to the accomplishment of a great deed, that is with T ' ien " (, Ib, 14 ).

When he was twelve he took to reading St. Augustine and Aquinas, then Lao-tse, Confucius, Mencius, Suzuki, Hindu tomes by endless Krishnaists and numerous socio-archaeological papers.

Of these, Meng is the best known, being the surname of the philosopher Mencius.

Mencius believes that humans have four fundamental " beginnings " or embryonic drives that can, if protected and properly nurtured, form the basis of a human being who has immense powers to retain his or her autonomy.

The philosopher Mencius once criticized its chief proponent Xu Xing ( 許行 ) for advocating that rulers should work in the fields with their subjects.

* Mencius: One of the most important thinkers in the Confucian school, he is the first theorist to make a coherent argument for an obligation of rulers to the ruled.

Other philosophers, theorists, and schools of thought in this era were Mozi, founder of Mohism ; Mencius, a famous Confucian who expanded upon Confucius ' legacy ; Shang Yang and Han Fei, responsible for the development of ancient Chinese Legalism ( the core philosophy of the Qin Dynasty ); and Xun Zi, who was arguably the center of ancient Chinese intellectual life during his time, even more so than iconic intellectual figures such as Mencius.

Mencius, for instance, criticized an ex-student of Xu Xing, a " barbarian " from Chu who became a leading Chinese philosopher of Agriculturalism.

For example, Mencius once criticized its chief proponent Xu Xing ( 許行 ) for advocating that rulers should work in the fields with their subjects.

In his preface, Zhu Xi stated that " the Analects and the Mencius are the most important works for students pursuing the Way ...

Confucianism, especially of the type argued for by Mencius (), argued that the ideal ruler is the one who ( as Confucius put it ) " acts like the North Star, staying in place while the other stars orbit around it ".

Zhu codified the canon of Four Books ( the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Analects of Confucius, and the Mencius ) which in the subsequent Ming and Qing Dynasties were made the core of the official curriculum for the civil service examinations.

According to Mencius, “ Yang ’ s principle is, ‘ Each for himself ’ — which does not acknowledge the claims of the sovereign.

A passage addressed to a Dryad speaks out against the death sentence and cages for wild animals and is followed by lines on equity in government and natural processes based on the writings of Mencius.

This culminates in a passage bringing together Laurence Binyon's dictum slowness is beauty, the San Ku, or three sages, figures from the Chou King who are responsible for the balance between heaven and earth, Jacques de Molay, the golden section, a room in the church of St. Hilaire, Poitiers built to that rule where one can stand without throwing a shadow, Mencius on natural phenomena, the 17th-century English mystic John Heydon ( who Pound remembered from his days working with Yeats ) and other images relating to the worship of light including "' MontSegur, sacred to Helios ".

Chapter 7 records the Hedonist philosophy of " Yang Zhu " ( Yangzi ), infamous for the criticism of Mencius that he, " believed in ' every man for himself.

Chapter 35, " A profound examination of names and appellations " takes up the subject at length, including a concerted attack on Mencius for stating that the xing, " natural tendency ," is intrinsically good.

This basic quality, which was for Confucius and Mencius the bond between human society and the ways of Heaven ( tian ) and hence fundamental to the underlying moral structure of the universe, was expanded by Zhang Zai to encompass the universe itself, since for the sage to form " one body with the universe " suggests the complementarity and fundamental identify of microcosm and macrocosm.

Nin tells the emperor that he and the princess are in love, and questions the Persian Prince about the scrolls of Confucius and Mencius, saying that a wise man will not tear two lovers apart.

The Four Books include: the Analects of Confucius, a book of pithy sayings attributed to Confucius and recorded by his disciples ; Mencius, a collection of political dialogues ; the Doctrine of the Mean, a book that teaches the path to Confucian virtue ; and the Great Learning, a book about education, self-cultivation and the Dao.

The most notable schools of thought include Mohism, expounded by Mozi ; Confucianism, represented by Mencius and Xunzi ; Taoism, represented by Zhuangzi, and Legalism, represented by Shang Yang and Han Feizi.

* Mencius on the Mind: Experiments in Multiple Definition ( Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co .: London ; Harcourt, Brace: New York, 1932 ).

Mencius explains why Confucius praised water, " There is a spring of water ; how it gushes out!

One of Xu's students is quoted as having criticized the duke of Teng in a conversation with Mencius by saying:

** Mencius, Confucius ' follower having idealist inspiration

One of Xu's students is quoted as having criticized the duke of Teng in a conversation with Mencius by saying:

While Confucianism also examines the negative aspect of human nature, thus the necessity to habituate oneself with ritual, the purpose of the practice of ritual and attainment of ren is not focused on restricting the darker aspects of human nature but developing the " fundamental goodness ", i. e., the duan of human beings that Mencius writes of.

" This term, which was variously used by other Chinese philosophers ( including Confucius, Mencius, Mozi, and Hanfeizi ), has special meaning within the context of Daoism, where it implies the essential, unnamable process of the universe.

The earliest description of " force " in the current sense of vital energy is found in the Vedas of ancient India ( circa 1500 – 1000 BCE ), and from the writings of the Chinese philosopher Mencius ( 4th century BCE ).

* Mencius ( Mèng Zǐ or Meng Zhu ), Chinese philosopher ( approximate date ) ( b. c. 372 BC )

The works of Mo Zi ( 墨子 ), Mencius ( 孟子 ) and Zhuang Zi ( 莊子 ) contain well-reasoned, carefully developed discourses that reveal much stronger organization and style than their predecessors.

Zhu Xi published the Four Masters ( Ssu-tzu ), a collection of the Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, the Mencius and the Analects ( Gardner, Principle and Pedagogy, 64 ).

Mencius ( 371 – 289 BC ), or Mengzi, formulated his teachings directly in response to Confucius.

Diametrically opposed to Mencius, in regards to human nature ( 性 ), was the interpretation of Xunzi ( c. 300 – 237 BC ), another Confucian follower.

* Mencius ( 孟子 ), 372 – 289 BCE, Chinese philosopher

Human nature is originally good, the Neo-Confucians argued ( following Mencius ), but not pure unless action is taken to purify it.

* Volume 2: The works of Mencius ( 1861 ), Revised second edition ( 1895 ), Oxford: Clarendon Press, reprinted by Dover Books in 1990 ( ISBN 978-0-486-26375-5 ).

Zhu Yuan, styled Bo-yu ( 蘧瑗, 字伯玉 ), an officer of Wei, and, as appears from the Analects and Mencius, an intimate friend of Confucius.

Mu Pi ( 牧皮 ), mentioned by Mencius, VII.

The Four Correlates are: Yan Hui ( 颜回 ), Zeng Shen ( 曾参 ), Kong Ji ( 孔汲 ), and Mencius ( 孟轲 ).

* The Chinese Classics: Confucian Analects, the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Works of Mencius ( reprint ), Oriental Book Store, ISBN 0-89986-353-1

* Meng ( 孟 ), a Chinese surname, notable people including Mencius

This is followed by other mythical and historical figures such as Shennong, Huangdi ( Yellow Emperor ), Laozi the author of the Tao Te Ching, Confucius, and the last is Mencius.

* Mencius ( 372 – 289 BC ), Chinese thinker, a principal interpreter of Confucianism ( main temple in Zoucheng )