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Zoucheng, China

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Mencius (Chinese: 孟子; pinyin: Mèng Zǐ; Wade–Giles: Meng Tzu; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄇㄥˋ ㄗˇ, most accepted dates: 372 – 289 BCE; other possible dates: 385 – 303/302 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher who was arguably the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself.

Also known by his birth name Meng Ke or Ko, Mencius was born in the State of Zou, now forming the territory of the county-level city of Zoucheng (originally Zouxian), Shandong province, only thirty kilometres (eighteen miles) south of Qufu, Confucius' birthplace.

He was an itinerant Chinese philosopher and sage, and one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism. Supposedly, he was a pupil of Confucius' grandson, Zisi. Like Confucius, according to legend, he travelled China for forty years...more

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Average rating: 3.56 · 226 ratings · 15 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Mencius by Mencius, D.C. Lau, Anonymous 3.58 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1970 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Mencius, Confucius, Faxian 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Book of Mencius (Abridged) by Mencius, Lionel Giles (Translator) 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993	My rating:
	Mencius Vol 1 & 2 CL 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Essential Mengzi: Selected Passages with Traditional Commentary. by Mengzi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mind of Mencius or Political Economy Founded Upon Moral Philosophy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Den Menschen Gerechtein Menzius Lesebuch 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Mengzi: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries by Mengzi, Mencius, Bryan W. Van Norden (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Philosophes confucianistes by Confucius, Xunzi, Mencius 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published -200	My rating:
	Essential Writings of Confucianism: The Analects of Confucius and the Mencius by Kung Fu-Tzu, Confucius, Mencius 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating: