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From "Theory of Original Goodness of Human Nature" to "Utopia"——An Interpretation of Mencius

Qiang Guang-zhong

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In a sense,Mencius,a sage who stood at the intersection between nobleman culture and common people culture,was able to show concerns towards the common people’s destiny and put forward the doctrines that the people are more important than the ruler and the benevolent is invincible.Meanwhile,he did his utmost to beautify the kingcraft and supported the social caste system and the Confucian belief of the clan history doctrine under the blood lineage,so he could never be a person who could really stand together with the common people.

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In a sense,Mencius,a sage who stood at the intersection between nobleman culture and common people culture,was able to show concerns towards the common people’s destiny and put forward the doctrines that the people are more important than the ruler and the benevolent is invincible.Meanwhile,he did his utmost to beautify the kingcraft and supported the social caste system and the Confucian belief of the clan history doctrine under the blood lineage,so he could never be a person who could really stand together with the common people.

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In a sense,Mencius,a sage who stood at the intersection between nobleman culture and common people culture,was able to show concerns towards the common people’s destiny and put forward the doctrines that the people are more important than the ruler and the benevolent is invincible.Meanwhile,he did his utmost to beautify the kingcraft and supported the social caste system and the Confucian belief of the clan history doctrine under the blood lineage,so he could never be a person who could really stand together with the common people.

Key concepts: Caste, Destiny (ISS module), Ruler, Interpretation (philosophy), Clan, Epistemology, Utopia, Doctrine

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