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《Mencius to Read Halfway Through Life》 Written by Mencius Translated by Park Hoon Tamna Books Book Purchase Link - http://mobile.kyobobook.co.kr/showcas... Hello, everyone, it's nice to meet you at the Lonely Reading Session. In today's Lonely Reading Session. Reading the Four Books and Three Classics. Following the Analects, I have prepared the Mencius section. Mencius lived in the middle of the Warring States Period. The Warring States Period was a time when the division and chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period were further deepened, and the resulting social contradictions were also sharp. Therefore, the people at that time were increasingly impoverished due to poverty, and Mencius's argument to overcome this situation was a time when it hoped for greater power. Mencius is a political philosophy book that advocates politics by virtue, that is, politics by the way of the king. Politics by the way of the king begins with the guarantee of the people's livelihood and is completed through moral education. It is a political ideology that the ruler educates the people through virtue, and the people respond to that virtue, thereby forming a moral relationship with the entire country. In particular, it is a politics based on compassion for the people, considering them as one's own blood relatives and striving to provide them with comfortable and humane lives. Also, the most famous of Mencius' representative theories is the theory of human nature. The basis for the ruler to have compassion for the people and for the people to have good hearts through education is the theory of human nature that all people are born with good hearts. However, there are times when the innate good hearts cannot be fully expressed due to various problems in reality. Mencius also discusses education and cultivation as a way to eliminate those problems. It is famous that Jeong Do-jeon, a politician at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty, read Mencius and dreamed of a revolution, and joined hands with Yi Seong-gye to found Joseon. Mencius is still read by many leaders today. Wouldn't it be a good time to feel the virtues of generosity and forgiveness through Mencius today? Yes, then, let's briefly meet the philosophy of cause and effect that Mencius talks about at today's lonely reading session. 00:00 Commentary on the work 03:00 Mencius (孟子) - King Hui of Liang ※ Please note that this video is a secondary work produced with permission from the copyright holder. #Mencius #TheManReadingBook #Audiobook