Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Building upon Sima Qian’s work, Ban Gu directly identified Mencius as a disciple of Zisi and established the Mencius as comprising eleven chapters. Ban Gu explicitly opposed Sima Qian’s evaluation of Mencius as “impractical and remote from reality,” arguing instead that Mencius possessed a longer-term perspective than his contemporaries. He also elaborated on Mencius’s doctrine that sovereign power is “conferred by Heaven” and selectively handled historical materials and passages from the Mencius.
Author: Zhengwei Gao
Institution: Yibin University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4414679687
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