WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mencius offers a vision of irrepressible happiness that results from the balanced practice of the great virtues: “The fruit of humanity is devotion to one’s parents. The fruit of righteousness is to respect one’s elders. The fruit of wisdom is to understand these two and not to betray them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mencius strongly asserted that human nature was fundamentally good, not evil. Known as the idealized form of Confucianism, Mencius argued that there is inherent goodness in all people. In fact, most scholars believe it is actually Mencius, and not Confucius, who came up with Confucianism’s central concept of Jen.