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Key Takeaway: He studied under Confucius's grandson Zisi and argued for the innate goodness of human nature, developed the theory of the Four Seeds of virtue, and articulated the right of the people to overthrow a tyrannical ruler.

He studied under Confucius's grandson Zisi and argued for the innate goodness of human nature, developed the theory of the Four Seeds of virtue, and articulated the right of the people to overthrow a tyrannical ruler. His collected dialogues form the Mencius (孟子), one of the Four Books of Confucian canon. • To hear the Way in the morning and die in the evening • Is this not a pleasure?

As Confucius taught in the Analects and as the Confucian tradition of virtue and self-cultivation holds, He studied under Confucius's grandson Zisi and argued for the innate goodness of human nature, developed the theory of the Four Seeds of virtue, and articulated the right of the people to overthrow a tyrannical ruler.

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He studied under Confucius's grandson Zisi and argued for the innate goodness of human nature, developed the theory of the Four Seeds of virtue, and articulated the right of the people to overthrow a tyrannical ruler..

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He studied under Confucius's grandson Zisi and argued for the innate goodness of human nature, developed the theory of the Four Seeds of virtue, and articulated the right of the people to overthrow a tyrannical ruler..

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His collected dialogues form the Mencius (孟子), one of the Four Books of Confucian canon..

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