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    3. 孟子

    孟子

    孟もう子し

    Mencius (372-289 BCE)

    KMT10News #46+1NounHistoryReligion & PhilosophyLiteratureKanji Vocab11 strokes

    もうし

    Noun

    1.
    Mencius (372-289 BCE), Mengzi
    2.
    Mencius (one of the Four Books)

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    孟もう子しは古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの思し想そう家かです。

    Mencius was an ancient Chinese philosopher.

    KMT8HistoryReligion & Philosophy
    儒じゅ教きょうの思し想そうは、孔こう子しと孟もう子しによって大たい成せいされた。

    Confucian thought was perfected by Confucius and Mencius.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    孟もう子しの性せい善ぜん説せつは、人にん間げんの本ほん質しつに対たいする深ふかい洞どう察さつを示しめしている。

    Mencius's theory of human nature being inherently good shows deep insight into human essence.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    孟もう子しは四し書しょ五ご経きょうの一ひとつとして、多おおくの学がく徒とに読よまれてきた。

    "Mencius," as one of the Four Books and Five Classics, has been read by many scholars.

    KMT10LiteratureEducation
    孟もう子しの思し想そうは、後こう世せいの中ちゅう国ごく政せい治じや社しゃ会かいに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    Mencius's philosophy had a significant impact on later Chinese politics and society.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    孟
    かしら…(10)
    chief・beginning
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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