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The China History Podcast

The History of Chinese Philosophy (Part 7)

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This episode will focus on the life of Mengzi and his philosophy. We'll also introduce Mengzi's legendary mother. Then we'll finish off with another Confucianist great from this era, Xunzi 荀子. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome back all CHP listeners from all across the universe.

0:23.6

Lhasla Montgomery back with more Chinese philosophy,

0:26.9

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0:30.1

Thanks for listening to the China History Podcast, and I promised you last time we're going to continue on with more Roo School philosophy and look at Mengs, also known by his Latinized name of Mengsius.

0:42.0

I finished off last time speaking about Monc's mother and her

0:46.4

role in shaping the Confucianist demands that women had to put up with. She's always

0:51.0

held up as this shining example of the perfectly devoted mother.

0:56.0

Let me start with the most famous Mengzze story from his early years that gave us one of the most famous Chinese sayings or

1:04.3

Chung Yu. This was Hmong-Mu Sanchien, which translates to mengz's mother moves three

1:11.6

times.

1:13.0

It was just the two of them growing up, no father.

1:16.0

Mengmu, mong's his mother, settled down first at a shack near a cemetery,

1:21.6

and noticed right away little mons of engaging in these pretend ceremonies for the dead.

1:27.0

So she didn't like to see that and decided to pick up and move to a So she pulled up stakes again and found a third place that had a school as its closest

1:46.2

landmark. And when Munc's mother saw her son trying to learn and show some manners and decency.

1:55.0

She decided she finally found the right place.

1:58.0

Hmong Mu-Sansien.

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