> The name Mencius, like the name Confucius, is a Latinized version of a Chinese name. > Mencius’s real name was Meng Ke 孟軻. (He is referred to by this name o

> The name Mencius, like the name Confucius, is a Latinized version of a Chinese name. > Mencius’s real name was Meng Ke 孟軻. (He is referred to by this name only once in the > Mencius, in 1B.16.) Mencius’s disciples referred to him as “Master Meng,” which in Chinese was “Mengzi,” turned into “Mencius” by European interpreters of Chinese culture two thousand years after his death. i had always wondered about that! this book looks super interesting and well written, i think i may be my new daily read