Mencius
Mencius
Mencius /ˈmɛnʃiəs/ or Mengzi Chinese: 孟子;was a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
chinese-philosopher loves
If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.
chinese-philosopher time truth uttered
Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.
bright confucius night
If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.
childlike chinese-philosopher great lost man
Great is the man who has not lost his childlike heart.
friendship best-friend true-friend
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
weed men disease
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
compassion feelings humanity
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
music kings land
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
dog inspiration heart
Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path and does not follow it and who has lost his heart and does not know how to recover it. When people's dogs and chicks are lost they go out and look for them and yet the people who have lost their hearts do not go out and look for them. The principle of self-cultivation consists in nothing but trying to look for the lost heart.
mind knows
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature
money scarcity abundance
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
hands world treats
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand
friendship men doe
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
destiny heaven mind
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.