The Name Mencius in Japanese/Chinese on a Custom-Made Wall Scroll.

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Mencius

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 mèng zi
 mou shi
Mencius Scroll

孟子 is the name Mencius in Chinese.

Mencius had the name “Mèng Kē” (孟軻) at birth. This later changed to Mèng Zǐ (孟子). He lived between 372 and 289 BCE.

Mencius was a Chinese Confucian philosopher who has often been referred to as the “Second Sage” following Confucius himself.

For disambiguation, one of the classic books of Confucianism is also titled 孟子.

Romanization of Mencius from Chinese includes Meng Tsu, Mengzi, and his original name Mengke or Meng Ko. In Japanese, he is Mōshi or Moushi.

Better to sacrifice your life than your principles

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 shě shēng qǔ yì
 사생취의
Better to sacrifice your life than your principles Scroll

捨生取義 is a Chinese proverb that comes from the philosopher Mencius.

It can be translated in a few different ways:
To give up life for righteousness.
To choose honor over life
Better to sacrifice one's life than one's principles.


The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Mencius孟子mou shi / moushi / mo shimèng zi / meng4 zi5 / meng zi / mengzimeng tzu / mengtzu
Better to sacrifice your life than your principles捨生取義
舍生取义		shě shēng qǔ yì
she3 sheng1 qu3 yi4
she sheng qu yi
sheshengquyi		she sheng ch`ü i
sheshengchüi
she sheng chü i
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

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A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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