Abstract:

After sorting out the origin of the versions of Mencius, it can be found that all the versions only recorded that “是人” in the sentence “When Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on man”, and the usage of “是人” is closer to the grammar habits of the Warring States Period. The saying of “斯人” originated from other references to the text of Mencius. In order to fulfill the positive guidance and avoid the frequent Controversy over different texts in ancient poetry selections in recent years, the editing and publishing of Chinese textbooks for primary and secondary school urgently needs to be further improved. It is not only necessary to make full use of high-quality literature resources such as photocopies and collated copies, but also to sort out the source of versions and compare the similarities and differences. After selecting the most reliable texts from them, we should indicate the difference between the selected version and the typical text, so as to popularize the common sense of philology to primary and secondary school students, and convey the correct and rational concept of version.