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Why is Mencius so high in Confucian culture?

In ancient China, the traditional culture of Confucianism was a fragrance that has been passed on and still remains in modern Chinese life. In ancient China, people revered Confucianism and the important figures of Confucianism are Confucius and Mencius, and the two of them are known as Confucius Sage and Yashang. This shows how much they accomplished and how much they created the foundation for Confucianism in later generations. But back to Mencius, why Mencius was called the Sage only after the Song Dynasty, there are several reasons.

I. The dynasties before the Song Dynasty did not honor Confucianism.

First of all, we need to know that in the Tang and Song Dynasties, they were dominated by Taoism and Buddhism. And it is precisely because of this that led to the development of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty, all the way to the hardships and bumps, and in the back of the continuous development, after the Song Dynasty, people began to slowly learn, and re-collected Confucianism to the students' classroom books. People also turned their attention back to the center point of Confucianism, Confucianism re-development.

Second, the promotion of Zhu Xi.

Secondly, the Song Dynasty Confucianism mastermind must be said back to Zhu Xi. It is also because of Zhu Xi, behind the Confucianism has been developed into science. After the Confucianism was able to re-develop in China, and to be inherited in later generations. Because Zhu Xi by virtue of his status in their own country above and above the academic profundity, so that everyone to promote the study of such a doctrine. So Zhu Xi to the development of Confucianism re-established, so that the Mencius as a saint of this is also deserved.

Three, in order to meet the requirements of the ruler.

Said back to the last 1 point, no matter how these schools of thought how to develop, in which the final purpose or to help the ruler to manage the country, and Songming ethics is precisely because of this. Zhu Xi created you learn later also to help the then Song dynasty to manage the country's political affairs, and he which is the most obvious is the three principles. And he helped the rulers to manage the country state on the great power of Confucianism spread and one of the founders of Confucianism, Mencius as Yasheng, which is also the wish of the nation.