WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mencius believed that humans are innately good, but need good education, good outside influences and good effort to train this goodness, otherwise people become evil. Mencius taught that leaders could and should be deposed by the common people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mencius (/ˈmɛnʃiəs/ MEN-shee-əs); born Meng Ke (Chinese: ); or Mengzi (Chinese: ; 372–289 BC) was a Chinese Confucian philosopher who has often been described as the “second Sage” (“”), that is, second to Confucius himself. He is part of Confucius’ fourth generation of disciples.