Authors: Anonymous, D. C. Lau (Translator), D. C. Lau
ISBN-13: 9780140449716, ISBN-10: 014044971X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: June 2005
Edition: Revised Edition
D. C. Lau, a world renowned scholar on sinological studies, is professor emeritus of Chinese language and lliterature at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is reknowned for his classic English translations of the Tao Te Ching and The Analects of Confucius.
Mencius, who lived in the 4th century B.C., is second only to Confucius in importance in the Confucian tradition. The Mencius consists of sayings of Mencius and conversations he had with his contemporaries. When read side by side with the Analects, the Mencius throws a great deal of light on the teachings of Confucius
Mencius developed many of the ideas of Confucius and at the same time discussed problems not touched upon by Confucius. He drew out the implications of Confucius' moral principles and reinterpreted them for the conditions of his time. As the fullest of the four great Confucian texts, the Mencius has been the required reading amongst Chinese scholars for two thousand years, and it still throws considerable light on the character of the Chinese people.
Introduction | ||
I | Emperor Hui of Liang: Book One | 1 |
II | Emperor Hui of Liang: Book Two | 19 |
III | Kung-Sun Ch'ou: Book One | 41 |
IV | Kung-Sun Ch'ou: Book Two | 61 |
V | Duke Wen of T'eng: Book One | 79 |
VI | Duke Wen of T'eng: Book Two | 99 |
VII | Li Lou: Book One | 119 |
VIII | Li Lou: Book Two | 139 |
IX | Wan Chang: Book One | 157 |
X | Wan Chang: Book Two | 177 |
XI | Master Kao: Book One | 195 |
XII | Master Kao: Book Two | 213 |
XIII | To Fathom the Mind: Book One | 233 |
XIV | To Fathom the Mind: Book Two | 255 |
Notes | 275 | |
Historical Table | 283 | |
Key Terms | 285 | |
Further Reading | 287 |