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Mencius, (c.371 287 B.C.). A Chinese sage, ranking next after Confucius in the estimation of the Chinese. He was born about 371 B.C. (108 years after the death of Confucius).
Dr. L. Wieger (trans., L. Davrout, S.J.), Moral Tenets and Customs in China (Ho-Kien-Fu: Catholic Mission Press, 1913) 84.
The Mother of Mencius cutting a web of cloth to show the boy he was wasting his time.
Mencius teaching the King's son Tien.
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