The
Mencius (;
Old Chinese:
*mˤraŋ-s tsəʔ; ), is a collection of anecdotes and conversations of the
Confucian thinker and philosopher
Mencius on topics in moral and political philosophy. Mencius was a disciple of one of the students of
Zisi, a grandson of
Confucius, and the
Mencius records his travels and audiences with the various rulers of the
Warring States period, his students, and his other contemporaries. A number of linguistic and textual clues suggest that the text was not written by Mencius himself but by his disciples, probably during the late 4th century BC.