孟子名轲,字子舆,战国时代邹人。约生于公元前372年—前289年。《孟子》是一部记载孟子及其弟子言行的书。汉朝司马迁在《史记·孟苟列传》中说:孟子游说各国多年,始终无法实现自己的理想,他回到自己家乡设馆讲学,培养自己的传人,并与自己的门徒万章、公孙丑等共同著述了《孟子》。 孟子受教于子思(孔子的孙子),孔子的学说主要传人就是孟子。他继承发扬了孔子关于“仁”的观点,主张仁义治国,并提出了“君为轻、民为贵”,“人性善”的观点,对后代产生过重要影响。正因为他认为人性本善,强调养心、存心等内心修养的功夫,成为宋代理 Mencius Ke, Zi Zi Yu, the Warring States Period Zou. Born about 372 BC - 289 BC. Mencius is a book that records the words and deeds of Mencius and his disciples. Sima Qian in the Han Dynasty said in his biography of “Records of the Meng Goung:” Mencius lobbied all countries for many years and never realized their ideal. He returned to his hometown to set up a library to teach, cultivate his own successors, and together with his disciples, Etc. jointly wrote “Mencius.” Mencius was taught in Son (the grandson of Confucius), and Confucius’s theory was mainly Mencius. He inherited and carried forward Confucius’ view of “benevolence”, advocated that benevolence and righteousness governs the country, and put forward the view that “monarchy is light, people are precious” and “humanity is good”, which has an important influence on future generations. It is precisely because he believes that human nature is good, emphasizing the heart, heart and other inner self-cultivation effort to become the Song Dynasty