Mencius: A Teaching Translation

Abstract

The Mencius is a collection of statements and discussions attributed to the early Chinese thinker, Mencius (c. 380 - c. 300 BCE). Mencius is often considered the first major thinker to elaborate the ideas of Confucius, who lived about two centuries earlier. This translation, with glosses and simple commentary, is intended to provide open-access online teaching materials, to be freely used or modified by individuals or by teachers employing them in a not-for-profit context.