| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_figure gptkb:philosopher
 gptkb:scholar
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | c. 372 BCE 
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                                | gptkbp:birthName | gptkb:Meng_Ke 
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                                | gptkbp:burialPlace | gptkb:Zoucheng,_Shandong,_China 
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                                | gptkbp:category | gptkb:Buddhism Ancient Chinese philosophers
 Warring States period people
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | c. 289 BCE 
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                                | gptkbp:era | gptkb:Warring_States_period 
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                                | gptkbp:hasChineseName | gptkb:孟子 
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                                | gptkbp:honorificPrefix | gptkb:Second_Sage 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Zhu_Xi
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Confucius gptkb:Zengzi
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | advocacy of moral education debates with other philosophers
 theory of human nature
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Classical_Chinese 
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                                | gptkbp:legacy | his book is one of the Four Books of Confucianism one of the most important Confucian philosophers
 
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                                | gptkbp:mainInterest | gptkb:philosophy ethics
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:Chinese 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Mencius_(book) 
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                                | gptkbp:parent | Meng Mu (Mother of Mencius) 
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                                | gptkbp:philosophy | benevolent government innate goodness of human nature
 mandate of heaven
 
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                                | gptkbp:region | gptkb:Ancient_China 
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                                | gptkbp:romanization | gptkb:Mengzi 
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                                | gptkbp:schoolTradition | gptkb:Buddhism 
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                                | gptkbp:teacherOf | gptkb:Gongsun_Chou gptkb:Wan_Zhang
 
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                                | gptkbp:出生地 | Zou, State of Zou (now Zoucheng, Shandong) 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Ancient_Philosophy gptkb:Zhu_Xi
 gptkb:Classical_Chinese
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Mencius 
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