First circle discuss

1.The state has five major principles and you have disobeyed them all: hold the monarch in awe, obey his policies, respect people of higher status, serve seniors, and support relatives. These are five major principles of governance. 

2.Mencius stresses that a great man should have high aspirations to carry out Dao, adhere to moral integrity, stay upright, and his observation of Dao should not be influenced by external matters (as opposed to his inner world). Yet, another ancient Chinese philosopher Laozi believes that a great man should abandon ostentatious rites and norms, and return to the natural state through non-action.

3.Humans are born with innate conscience and the ability to know and act upon it. The term liangzhi was first used by Mencius, who believed that what man knew by instinct was liangzhi. The term includes ren , i.e. love for one's parents and yi, i.e. respect for one's elder brothers. The concept is an important component of Mencius' belief in the innate goodness of human nature.

2024-04-01

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