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title: Portrait of Mencius
author: Portraits of the Sage
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12436/portrait-of-mencius/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Portrait of Mencius
_Authored by Portraits of the Sage_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12436.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Mencius](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mencius/) in the album Half Portraits of the Great Sage and Virtuous Men of Old. The full album consists of sixty leaves. It includes 120 notable Confucians, spanning from the Spring and Autumn period (c. 772-476 BCE) up to the [Yuan Dynasty](https://www.worldhistory.org/Yuan_Dynasty/). Judging from the names in the title labels in the upper right corners of the portraits, the album must have been done after the Yuan Dynasty court ennobled [Confucius](https://www.worldhistory.org/Confucius/)' major disciples in 1330 CE. National [Palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) Museum, Taipei.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Sage, P. o. t. (2020, July 06). Portrait of Mencius. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Sage, Portraits of the. "Portrait of Mencius." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 06, 2020. .
### MLA
Sage, Portraits of the. "Portrait of Mencius." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Jul 2020, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Half_Portraits_of_the_Great_Sage_and_Virtuous_Men_of_Old_-_Meng_Ke_(%E5%AD%9F%E8%BB%BB).jpg) by [**Portraits of the Sage**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Half_Portraits_of_the_Great_Sage_and_Virtuous_Men_of_Old_-_Meng_Ke_(%E5%AD%9F%E8%BB%BB).jpg). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 06 July 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.