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Excerpt from The Political Principles of Mencius
Mencius was not a personal disciple Of Confucius, but is always regarded as the chief expounder of his doctrines, and is worshipped in the Confucian Temples as one of the Four Assessors, being thus ranked with the two most illustri ous disciples and the famous grandson Of the great sage of China. Indeed, Mencius' relation to Confucius is of such importance that he has been aptly called the St. Paul of Confucianism.
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