The Mencius is the most beautifully written and perhaps the most authoritative of the Four Books that make up the essential Confucian corpus.

Translation of: Mêng-tzu. This translation first published 1970.

Book I-Book VII, Part A-B -- Appendix 1. The dating of events in the life of Mencius -- Appendix 2. Early traditions about Mencius -- Appendix 3. The text of the Mencius -- Appendix 4. Ancient history as understood by Mencius -- Appendix 5. On Mencius' use of the method of analogy in argument -- Textual notes -- Glossary of personal and place names.