《Mencius孟子简介》PPT课件.ppt

Mencius,KeyWords,372289B.C(Warringstatesperiod)GreatThinkerEducatorPoliticiansEssayist,OnlytwoChinesephilosophershavethehonourofbeingknowntotheWesternworldbyaLatinizedname.ThefirstisConfuciusandthesecondisMencius,whosenameisMongZi（孟子）.MenciusinheritedanddevelopedConfucianismandcarriedittoanewheight.Hisphilosophy,togetherwithConfucius,isknownas“thephilosophiesofKongZiandMengZi”（孔孟之道）inthehistoryofChineseculture.,Philosophy,People-orientedthoughts:thepeoplerankthehighest,thelandandgraincomesnext,andtherulercountstheleast.Hethinksthepublicssupportisthemostimportantforacountryssurvival.,TheoryofRen:MenciusinheritedConfuciustheoryofren（仁），butheaddedtoitasecondconceptyi（义），meaning“righteousness”,“propriety”or“dutifulness”.HewasevenmoreinsistentthanConfuciusonthemoralqualitiesofhumanityandthesenseofdutythatmakesatrueruler,EducationThought:Menciusattachgreatimportancetoeducation.HedevelopedConfuciusthoughtofeducation,andputforwardanewthought-teacheachotherschild(易子而教）,Maniskindatbirth.Menciuswasatender-mindedphilosopher.Hebelievedthatallmenarebornvirtuous.Everypersoncanbeasage（人皆可以为尧舜）.Theyhavetheinclinationtowardsgoodness,justasnaturalastheinclinationofwatertoflowdownward,Thebookthatincludedhisthouhgts-Mencius,Mencius,bearingthemastersname,hasrecordedthethoughts,sayingsanddeedsofthissecondmostimportantConfucianist.ComparedtoAnalects.ThearticlesinMenciusareofgreaterlength,logical,argumentativeandpersuasive,coveringavarietyofsubjects,greatlyinfluencingthewritingofessaysinthedynastiesthatfollowed.,MenciusisregardedasthesecondsageintheC