The Works of Mencius by James Legge

On 2002-01-19 , wrote: This book contains paralell Chinese and English text on every page of the Translated Work. It also contains some excerpts from thinkers who opposed Mencius´s ideas. Mencius (Mang) was a proponent of Confucius´s ideas of benevolent government, and travelled around ´China´(the warring states) trying to convince
Kings and princes to adopt his approach of generosity towards the
ruled, renunciation of offensive warfare, and respect for
official rituals and rites.

The Style of english translation in this book is considered to be archaic and off-putting by some, as it was done in the 1860´s. It is very similar in presentation to Legge´s Analects translation.. And summed up by saying Paralell Chinese/English text, Old Translation. Currently The Works of Mencius has an overall rating of 8 over 10.

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James Legge claimed The unmatchable Chinese Classics edition, which contains the full Chinese text, Legg´s English translation on the same page, full notes, citation of Chinese commentators, plus a full dictionary of all Chinese characters used. With this one volume the Sinologist, philosopher, or reader concerned with the Second Master in the Confucian tradition, has everything.

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