论孟子的“人禽之辨”、“圣我之辨”与人格价值

Mencius firstly initiated the ”difference between individual and bird” recognized by Confucian thought. Based on the Confucius thought, he inherited and developed the human ethic and morality, which emphasizes the essence of human beings. This idea set forth the value of human beings. As for the ”difference between saint and selfhood”, he protested common species between saint and selfhood and the similarity of Emperors named Yao and Shun. In all, he offered the annotation of the highest value level of personality.