Mencius

Mencius

See also: mencius

English

Etymology

From Latin Mencius, from Mandarin Chinese 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).

Proper noun

Mencius

1. Chinese philosopher, follower of Confucius (?372 - 289 B.C.E., or 385 - 303/302 B.C.E.)
   • 1738, Lewis Le Comte, Memoirs and Remarks‎, London: John Hughs, page 191:

     This laſt tome, notwithſtanding, is not ſo much the work of Confucius, as of Mencius his diſciple, whoſe life was leſs regular than that of his maſter, but his ſtile more eloquent and pleaſant.

2. A collection of anecdotes and conversations of the philosopher by the same name.

Usage notes

Preceded by the definite article (the) when distinguishing the book from the philosopher.

Synonyms

• Mengzi

Translations

Chinese philosopher

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Catalan: Menci Chinese: Cantonese: 孟子 (maang6 zi2) Hakka: 孟子 (Men-chṳ́) Mandarin: 孟子 (zh) (Mèngzǐ) Min Nan: 孟子 (Bēng-chú) Finnish: Mengzi French: Mencius Japanese: 孟子 (Mōshi) Korean: 맹자(孟子) (Maengja) Russian: Мэн-цзы m (Mɛn-czy) Vietnamese: Mạnh Tử

See also

Other Chinese philosophers

• Confucius: 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ); 孔(こう)子(し) (Kōshi)
• Laozi: 老子 (Lǎozǐ); 老(ろう)子(し) (Rōshi)
• Mozi: 墨子 (Mòzǐ); 墨(ぼく)子(し) (Bokushi)
• Sun Tzu: 孫子／孙子 (Sūnzǐ); 孫(そん)子(し) (Sonshi)
• Xunzi: 荀子 (Xúnzǐ); 荀(じゅん)子(し) (Junshi)
• Zhuangzi: 莊子／庄子 (Zhuāngzi); 荘(そう)子(し) (Sōshi)

References

• “Mencius, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Mencius”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• Muncies, muscine