| Masayuki Sato - 2003 - 528 דפים
...to explain this concept. Mencius proclaims: "The people are the most important element in a state; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the...sovereign is the lightest. Therefore to gain [the support of] the people is the way to become sovereign." (S lift ' ;M#¿ ' SUfl • ífí-ÉSíÍüíi^... | |
| Wei-Bin Zhang - 2003 - 238 דפים
...to carry out their tasks. "The people are the most important element in a nation"; assures Mencius, "the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest." The duty of the state is not to order people to do what it desires, but to provide people what they... | |
| 2006 - 274 דפים
...has not been developed into procedural democracy, it emphasizes substantial democracy. Mencius said, "the people are the most important element in a nation;...grain are the next, the sovereign is the lightest." 8 Mencius also said that we can only expect the people to have an "established heart," hengxin tl.'L\... | |
| Brian D. Lepard - 2005 - 268 דפים
...citizens. He explicidy affirmed that the people, rather than the sovereign, have the highest moral worth: "'The people are the most important element in a nation;...land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest.'"8 Christianity and the New Testament Passages from the New Testament might be interpreted... | |
| Montgomery Van Wart - 2005 - 526 דפים
...the importance of the people's good in ruling. The great Chinese philosopher, Mencius, stated that "The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are next; the sovereign should be the least important." The medieval philosopher Alcuin, who was a personal... | |
| On Cho Ng, Q. Edward Wang - 2005 - 334 דפים
...regarded the people as being prior to the ruler: "The people are the most important element . . . ; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest" (ibid., 483-485). Mencius' emphasis on benevolent and munificent government seemed idealistic in an... | |
| Jae-eun Kang - 2006 - 550 דפים
...revolution based on governance of the people. Mencius said, "The people are the most important elements in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are...Therefore to gain the peasantry is the way to become sovereign; to gain the sovereign is the way to become a prince of a State; to gain the prince of a... | |
| 2006 - 550 דפים
...provision for the welfare of the people from a populist understanding of the statement made by Mencius on "The people are the most important element in a nation;...grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest" ("Jin Xin, Part II," lH'ijlS'nJ ~[^ , The Works of Mencius). However, justification for the Learning... | |
| 1915 - 716 דפים
...defender of popular rights. In discussing the relative importance of the king and the people Mencius said: "The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; and the sovereign is the lightest." It \a therefore very clear that the king lives for the people and... | |
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