Mencius
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Confucian philosopher of the fourth century BCE, said to have been born in the state of Zou; known for the claim that human nature is good, his teaching…
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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If a ruler asks only what will profit his kingdom, high and low will seize profit from each other and the kingdom will be endangered (opens korrents.com)
“Superiors and inferiors will try to take the profit the one from the other, and the kingdom will be endangered.”
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Rulers who are wise and good take pleasure in their parks; those who are not cannot enjoy them (opens korrents.com)
“Being wise and good, they then have pleasure in these things. If they are not wise and good, though they have these things, they do not find pleasure.”
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A ruler who lets people die of famine and blames the bad year is like a killer who blames the weapon (opens korrents.com)
“When men die, you say, 'It is not owing to me; it is owing to the year,' In what does this differ from stabbing a man and killing him, and then saying, 'It was not I; it was the weapon'?”
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If a ruler asks only what will profit his kingdom, high and low will seize profit from each other and the kingdom will be endangered (opens korrents.com)