Mencius (孟子)
- Chinese title
- 孟子
- Author
- Mencius
- Translation
- James Legge (1861) — The Works of Mencius, The Chinese Classics vol. 2 (1861; 2nd ed. 1895); romanization modernized on Wikisource
- Chinese text
- Chinese text from the Wikisource bilingual edition; chapter divisions from Chinese Wikisource
- Contents
- 14 parts, 260 passages
- Status
- Public domain
Contents
| Part | Opening words |
|---|---|
| Book 1, Part I: Liang Hui Wang I 梁惠王上 | Mencius went to see king Hui of Liang. The king said, 'Venerable sir, since you have not counted it far to com |
| Book 1, Part II: Liang Hui Wang II 梁惠王下 | Zhuang Bao, seeing Mencius, said to him, 'I had an interview with the king. His Majesty told me that he loved |
| Book 2, Part I: Gong Sun Chou I 公孫丑上 | Gong Sun Chou asked Mencius, saying, 'Master, if you were to obtain the ordering of the government in Qi, coul |
| Book 2, Part II: Gong Sun Chou II 公孫丑下 | Mencius said, 'Opportunities of time vouchsafed by Heaven are not equal to advantages of situation afforded by |
| Book 3, Part I: Teng Wen Gong I 滕文公上 | When the prince, afterwards duke Wen of Teng, had to go to Chu, he went by way of Song, and visited Mencius. M |
| Book 3, Part II: Teng Wen Gong II 滕文公下 | Chen Dai said to Mencius, 'In not going to wait upon any of the princes, you seem to me to be standing on a sm |
| Book 4, Part I: Li Lou I 離婁上 | Mencius said, 'The power of vision of Li Lou, and skill of hand of Gong Shu, without the compass and square, c |
| Book 4, Part II: Li Lou II 離婁下 | Mencius said, 'Shun was born in Zhu Feng, removed to Fu Xia, and died in Ming Tiao - a man near the wild tribe |
| Book 5, Part I: Wan Zhang I 萬章上 | Wan Zhang asked Mencius, saying, 'When Shun went into the fields, he cried out and wept towards the pitying he |
| Book 5, Part II: Wan Zhang II 萬章下 | Mencius said, 'Bo Yi would not allow his eyes to look on a bad sight, nor his ears to listen to a bad sound. H |
| Book 6, Part I: Gaozi I 告子上 | The philosopher Gao said, 'Man's nature is like the qi-willow , and righteousness is like a cup or a bowl. The |
| Book 6, Part II: Gaozi II 告子下 | A man of Ren asked the disciple Wu Lu, saying, 'Is an observance of the rules of propriety in regard to eating |
| Book 7, Part I: Jin Xin I 盡心上 | Mencius said, 'He who has exhausted all his mental constitution knows his nature. Knowing his nature, he knows |
| Book 7, Part II: Jin Xin II 盡心下 | Mencius said, 'The opposite indeed of benevolent was the king Hui of Liang! The benevolent, beginning with wha |
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.