Confucian philosopher of the Warring States who taught that human nature is good and rulers must govern with kindness. His sayings are one of the Four Books, and the idiom 孟母三迁 tells how his mother moved house three times for him.
Mèngzǐ shì Rújiā sīxiǎng de zhòngyào dàibiǎo rénwù.
Mencius is an important representative figure of Confucianism.
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Many chengyu come from the book 《孟子》: 揠苗助长, 'pulling up seedlings to help them grow', for ruining things through impatience, also written 拔苗助长; and 五十步笑百步, the soldier who fled fifty paces mocking the one who fled a hundred.
