Mencius
Ancestral name (姓): Ji (Chinese: 姬; Pinyin: Jī) Clan name (氏): Meng (Ch: 孟; Py: Mèng) Given name (名): Ke (Ch: 軻; Py: Kē) Courtesy name (字): Unknown Posthumous name (謚): Master Meng the Second Sage (Ch: 亞聖孟子; Py: Yàshèng Mèngzǐ) Styled: Master Meng (Ch: 孟子; Py: Mèngzǐ) Confucianism History Confucius Mencius Xunzi Spring and Autumn Period State of Lu Neo-Confucianism New Confucianism Fundamental concepts Ren Yi Li Xiao Zhong Confucianism by country Confucianism in Indonesia Korean Confucianism Japanese Confucianism Confucian texts Four Books Analects Doctrine of the Mean Great Learning Mencius Five Classics Classic of Poetry Book of Documents Book of Rites I Ching Spring and Autumn Annals Organisation Confucian temple Confucian church Xuanyuanism Portal Confucianism v t e Mencius (/ˈmɛnʃiəs/; Chinese: 孟子; pinyin: Mèng Zǐ; Wade–Giles: Meng4 Tzu3; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄇㄥˋ ㄗˇ; most accepted dates: 372 – 289 BC; other possible dates: 385 – 303/302 BC) was a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself.