There are seven books in Mencius, which is a compilation of Mencius' remarks during the Warring States Period. It records the arguments between Mencius and other schools, the words and deeds of disciples, and the lobbying of princes. It was compiled by Mencius and his disciples (Zhang Wan and others). ).

Mencius recorded Mencius' thoughts on governing the country, political strategies (the debate between benevolence and Wang Ba, people-oriented, respecting the right and wrong of the monarch's heart, the people being the monarch, and the monarch following it) and political actions. Written in the mid-Warring States period, it belongs to Confucian classics. His theoretical starting point is the theory of good nature and advocates the rule of virtue.

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Mencius handed down from ancient times has seven chapters and fourteen volumes: the first and second chapters of Liang Huiwang; "Gongsun Ugly" up and down; "Teng Wengong" up and down; "Li Lou" up and down; "Zhang Wan" up and down; "High posture" ups and downs; Up and down "dedication".

However, when we study Mencius, we can see that all the gentlemen we saw, such as Liang, Liang, Zou Mugong, Lu and so on, were all called posthumous title, and probably Mencius didn't do it himself. I still remember that Mencius' disciples Le Zhengzi, Gong Duzi and Wu Luzi were all called Zi. They were definitely not Mencius' works, and their compilers were probably Mencius' disciples. This book was written in the middle of the Warring States Period.

Mencius is not only an important Confucian academic work, but also a special collection of essays in ancient China. His writing style is magnificent, full of emotion and strict logic; It is eloquent and carefree. Illustrate complex truths with visual things and language. It had a great influence on later essayists Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi.

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