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Mencius (Meng Tzu, Meng Xi), c. 371 BC - c. 286 BC. Classical Chinese sage who is a key influence in Confucianism and Chinese thought generally. Known for his teaching of the goodness of human nature.

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• Mencius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10179a.htm
  Article from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia by Charles F. Aiken.

• Philosophy 152: Mencius

  http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sdarwall/152me196.txt
  Notes for two connected lectures on this Chinese thinker, from a course on the philosophy of human nature. By Stephen Darwall.

• The School of Mencius

  http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/confuc/mencius.html
  A brief article summarizing the life and doctrines of this key Chinese thinker.

• The Works of Mencius

  http://nothingistic.org/library/mencius/toc.html
  James Legge's translation of the book of Mencius.

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