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Article: More "Mencius-on-human-nature" discussions: what are they about?(Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations)(Book Review)
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- China Review International
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- March 22, 2003
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Alan Kam-leung Chan, editor. Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. vii, 328 pp. Hardcover $51.00, ISBN 0-8248-2377-x.
Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations, edited by Alan K. L. Chan, consists of thirteen essays by different authors on various aspects of the Mencius. Nine of the thirteen focus in one way or another on Mencius' views on human nature, and these nine will be the main focus of this review.
I initially set out to try to understand these discussions of Mencius-on-human-nature in a way that would enable me to say how the views expressed compare to each other, and this attempt eventually led me to ...