Question

Mencius, the principal spokesman for the Confucian school, advocated that

a. The evil nature of human beings could be improved by moral education
b. Government should be organized through benevolence and humane action
c. Government should be based on moral principal and codified law
d. People should live by Daoist principles and behave by Confucian values

Answer 1

Mencius, the principal spokesman for the Confucian school, advocated that "b. Government should be organized through benevolence and humane action," since he was one of the more progressive thinkers of his era.