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Re:My Pal, the Ancient Philosopher by t-3 on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @01:40PM (#42453449)
Possibly from https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/mengar/ ?

Just an aside, it's really bizarre that it's transliterated as Mengzi in the article. IMO, it would be much better to use the translation (Master Meng) or the far more common and more recognizable Mencius (which is at least mentioned).

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Re:My Pal, the Ancient Philosopher by SalmonSnarker on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:24PM (#42458122)
> Just an aside, it's really bizarre that it's transliterated as Mengzi in the article.

Scholars over at least the last 15 years have been trending towards preferring Mengzi and Kongzi over Mencius and Confucius. 孟子 is "Mèngzǐ" not "Mencius"

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