HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Mencius
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Confucianism
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Meng Zi (known in the West as Mencius) was born in 371 B.C. Growing up in a small state neighboring Confucius’ home state, he studied the Five Classics and the Analects to become a Confucian scholar. Like Confucius, he traveled from one state to another, teaching and holding government offices.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among his earliest disciples, three stood out: Zigong, Zilu, and Yan Hui. Zigong had been a merchant before becoming Confucius’s disciple.
Detailed explanation-3: -Confucianism remains one of the most influential philosophies in China. During the Han Dynasty, emperor Wu Di (reigned 141–87 B.C.E.) made Confucianism the official state ideology.
Detailed explanation-4: -As a young scholar Mencius had for his mentor a pupil of Zisi, who was himself the grandson of Confucius.
Detailed explanation-5: -Courage based on righteousness will lead to fearless opposition to wrongdoing, but also humble submission when one finds oneself in the wrong. Mencius holds that all humans have innate but incipient tendencies toward benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, and propriety.