孟子 / Mencius
孟子 / Mencius is the central figure in 30.孟子：战国愤青的赤子之心, where [[MihuanChishu|蜜獾吃书]] rereads him as a sharp Warring States political thinker rather than a tame emblem of obedience. The episode stresses that many famous sayings in [[MenciusText|《孟子》]] are already culturally familiar, but their original force lies in arguments about renyi, ruler accountability, common people’s livelihood, and resistance to unjust power.
The source places Mencius in the [[WarringStatesPeriod|战国时期]], with [[ZouState|邹国]] origins, likely exposure to [[JixiaAcademy|稷下学宫]], rivalry with [[Mozi|墨子]] and [[YangZhu|杨朱]], and an active choice to extend [[Confucius|孔子]]’s renyi path. His conversations with [[LiangHuiWang|梁惠王]] and [[QiXuanWang|齐宣王]] let the episode show him as rhetorically aggressive, morally demanding, and politically idealistic.
Connections
- 30.孟子：战国愤青的赤子之心 - source episode.
- [[MenciusText|《孟子》]] - text preserving the dialogue material used by the episode.
- [[Confucius|孔子]] - intellectual ancestor whose renyi path Mencius actively amplifies.
- [[WarringStatesPeriod|战国时期]], [[ZouState|邹国]], and [[JixiaAcademy|稷下学宫]] - historical and intellectual setting.
- [[LiangHuiWang|梁惠王]] and [[QiXuanWang|齐宣王]] - central ruler interlocutors.
- Early Confucian Resistance Politics / 早期儒家的反抗政治, Righteousness Over Profit / 义利之辨, Mencian Benevolent Government / 孟子仁政, 王道 versus 霸道 / Kingly Way Over Hegemony, Constant Property, Constant Heart / 有恒产者有恒心, and Mencian People-Based Legitimacy / 孟子的民本合法性 - main concept cluster.