Mencius was a thinker whose teachings were very similar to those of Confucius.

孟子也是一位思想家，他的想法和孔子很相似。

He spent his last years preparing a book of his teachings called The Book of Mencius.

在他的晚年，他一直都在准备一本关于自己思想的书，称为《孟子》。

Mencius believed that the reason why man is different from animals is that man is good.

孟子认为人类之所以不同于动物，就在于人类是善良的。

In literary eloquence he can be compared to Mencius, and in political criticism he was not second to Lu Chih.

知言自况于孟轲，论事肯卑于陆贽？