Lecture06 Mencius Sept 15 Chinese Philosophy Lectures杜兰大学中国哲学课堂教学.pptVIP

Change of Political Leaders (Democracy?) 7B: 14 1B: 8 7B: 14 (Comics p. 103) 1. Mencius said, The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest. 2. Therefore to gain the peasantry is the way to become sovereign; to gain the sovereign is the way to become a prince of a State; to gain the prince of a State is the way to become a great officer. 7B: 14 3. When a prince endangers the altars of the spirits of the land and grain, he is changed, and another appointed in his place. 4. When the sacrificial victims have