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"The eyes are the windows of the soul" comes from the "chapter on staying in the building" in Mencius.
Mencius is a compilation of Mencius' speeches, compiled by Mencius and his disciples. It records the Confucian classics such as Mencius' language, political views (benevolent politics, Wang Ba's debate, people-oriented, respecting the right and wrong of the monarch, valuing the people but neglecting the monarch) and political actions. Mencius once took Confucius as an example and led his disciples all over the world. But it was not accepted by all countries at that time. He retired and wrote books with his disciples. Seven pieces of Mencius handed down from ancient times: the first and second pieces of Liang Huiwang; "Gongsun Ugly" up and down; "Teng Wengong" up and down; "Li Lou" up and down; "Zhang Wan" up and down; "Gao Zi" goes up and down; Heart and soul. His theoretical starting point is the theory of good nature, which puts forward "benevolent governance" and "kingly governance" and advocates rule by virtue. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu called Mencius, The Analects of Confucius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean "the Four Books". Mencius is the largest and heaviest of the four books, with more than 35 thousand words. Since then, the "Four Books" have become a compulsory part of the imperial examination.
Brief introduction of the author
Mencius (372 BC-289 BC), whose real name is Ke, is Zi (to be tested, Zi or Zi Ju). During the Warring States Period, Lu was a descendant of Lu Guoqing's father. China was a famous thinker and educator in ancient times and a representative of Confucianism in the Warring States Period. He is the author of Mencius. Mencius inherited and carried forward Confucius' thoughts and became a generation of Confucian masters second only to Confucius. He is called "the sage of Asia" and is also called "Confucius and Mencius" with Confucius. Mencius' article is eloquent, magnificent, good at argumentation, rigorous in logic and sharp in wit, which represents the peak of traditional prose writing. Mencius put forward the theory of good nature on the issue of human nature, that is, "beginning of life, the nature is good."