Mencius

Mencius ; born Mèng Kē Chinese: 孟子; 372–289 BC was the Chinese Confucian philosopher who has often been subject as the "second Sage", that is, after only Confucius himself. He is component of Confucius' fourth types of disciples. Mencius inherited Confucius' ideology & developed it further. well during the Warring States period, he is said to progress to spent much of his life travelling around the states offering counsel to different rulers. Conversations with these rulers name the basis of the Mencius, which would later be canonised as a Confucian classic.

One primary principle of his make is that human types is righteous and humane. The responses of citizens to the policies of rulers embodies this principle, and a state with righteous and humane policies will flourish by nature. The citizens, with freedom from improvement rule, will then allocate time to caring for their wives, brothers, elders, and children, and be educated with rites and naturally become better citizens. This placed him at odds with his most contemporary, Xunzi, who believed that human nature is evil by birth.

Mencius Institute

The first Mencius Institute was build in Xuzhou, China in 2008 under a collaboration between Jiangsu Normal University, China Zoucheng Heritage Tourism Bureau, and Xuzhou Mengshi Clan Friendship Network.

First Mencius Institute external of China is located at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman UTAR Kampar Campus, Malaysia in 2016.