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Mencius

Confucianism

01Mencius 1.1梁惠王上 02Mencius 1.2梁惠王下 03Mencius 2.1公孫丑上 04Mencius 2.2公孫丑下 05Mencius 3.1滕文公上 06Mencius 3.2滕文公下 07Mencius 4.1離婁上 08Mencius 4.2離婁下 09Mencius 5.1萬章上 10Mencius 5.2萬章下 11Mencius 6.1告子上 12Mencius 6.2告子下 13Mencius 7.1盡心上 14Mencius 7.2盡心下

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Confucianism · Four Books

Mencius

Conversations of Mencius (4th century BCE) with kings and disciples: human nature is good, and rulers must govern for the people.

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01Mencius 1.1梁惠王上↗
02Mencius 1.2梁惠王下↗
03Mencius 2.1公孫丑上↗
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孟子

A quiet space. An open mind.1 editions · 14 chapters

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孟子Original · Classical Chinese

The Chinese text, in Zhu Xi's 260 chapters. An English translation is not yet available: the only free e-text of James Legge's version has been reworded and renamed in pinyin, so it is not used.

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