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... Mencius , who advocated it as an ideal to which the government of his day should return . According to Mencius , each unit of the well- field system was divided among eight peasant families . Each family had its own outlying field ...
... Mencius , who advocated it as an ideal to which the government of his day should return . According to Mencius , each unit of the well- field system was divided among eight peasant families . Each family had its own outlying field ...
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... Mencius ( c . 371-289 BC ) , the sec- ond Sage ( after Confucius ) of China , who con- demned Yang Chu for upholding the principle of " each for himself . " According to Mencius , " Though he [ Yang ] might have benefitted the world by ...
... Mencius ( c . 371-289 BC ) , the sec- ond Sage ( after Confucius ) of China , who con- demned Yang Chu for upholding the principle of " each for himself . " According to Mencius , " Though he [ Yang ] might have benefitted the world by ...
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... Mencius , in which eight families lived on a patch of land that was equally divided into nine squares . Each family would cultivate its own piece of land , and all eight families would jointly cultivate the remaining central square for ...
... Mencius , in which eight families lived on a patch of land that was equally divided into nine squares . Each family would cultivate its own piece of land , and all eight families would jointly cultivate the remaining central square for ...
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