The thought of Mencius is known as Confucianism along with that of Confucius.

Subsequent generations have combined Confucius and Mencius as "Confucius and Mencius" and their ideas as Confucianism.

In the Confucian tradition, Confucius and Mencius always follow each other, and there are both Dacheng supreme saints and sub-saints. There is the Analects of Confucius, and then there is Mencius. Confucius said "to be benevolent" and Mencius said "to take righteousness", and their aims have always been compatible.

Confucius, of the Kong Clan, was known as Qiu (丘), and his name was Zhongni (仲尼). He was a native of Song (present-day Xiayi County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province), and a native of Zuoyi (present-day Nansin Town, Qufu City, Shandong Province), a state of Lu, at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a famous thinker, statesman and educator in the late Spring and Autumn period, and the founder of the Confucian school of thought, who started the trend of private lectures. Known as the "Sage of Heavenly Indulgence" and the "Wooden Duo of Heaven", Confucius was one of the most learned men in society at that time, and was honored by later rulers as the Sage of Confucius, the Most Sacred, the Most Sacred Teacher, the Teacher of All Worlds, the Emperor of Wenxuan, and the King of Wenxuan. The world's top ten cultural celebrities".

Meng Zi (c. 372 BC - c. 289 BC), name Ke, character ZiYi, Han nationality, the State of Lu Zou (now Zou City, Shandong Province, China), according to legend, he was a descendant of the nobleman Duke Qingfu of the surname Ji in the State of Lu, his father's name was Keqi, and his mother, Equuschick (zhǎng) clan. Mencius was a great thinker and educator of the Warring States period of China, and a representative of the Confucian school.

Confucianism is the mainstay of traditional Chinese culture, and its ideas of "people-oriented", "benevolence and love for others", and "governance by virtue" are of great significance to today's "ruling the country by virtue". The core of Confucianism is as follows: benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety and fraternal duty.