Mencius

Classic Sayings of Confucius and Mencius

Confucius is one of the world great thinkers and philosophers along with Socrates and Sakyamuni in the same era. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. Confucius's principles have profound and lasting influence on the Chinese society, they, to some extent, are the religion of the Chinese. He championed strong family loyalty, ancestor veneration, and respect of elders by their children and of husbands by their wives. He also recommended family as a basis for ideal government. He espoused the well-known principle "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself". Mencius is the most important and successful student of Confucius, he succeeded and developed the doctrine of Confucius, and put forward the principles of state governance by benevolence . The Book collects 152 classic sayings of Confucius and 100 classic saying of Mencius, these classic says give a general picture of the thoughts of these two great thinkers of ancient China. The texts of the Book are edited in the order of classic Chinese, modern Chinese and English translation for better understanding and reading convenience.