WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Among the Chinese, the mother of Mencius has been for ages upheld as the model mother. As a young scholar Mencius had for his mentor a pupil of Zisi, who was himself the grandson of Confucius.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was an itinerant Chinese philosopher and sage, and one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism. Supposedly, he was a pupil of Confucius’s grandson, Zisi.

Detailed explanation-3: -In contrast, Mencius, while not denying the value of the classics and ritual, stressed reflection based upon one’s own innate dispositions toward virtue. Mencius was born about a century after the death of Confucius.

Detailed explanation-4: -The founder of Confucianism was a man named Kong Qi. He later was known as Kong Fuzi, or Master Kong. In the West, he is called Confucius. He was born in 551 B.C. in northeastern China in the state of Lu.