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<p>This paper explores the pedagogical implications of the saying of ancient Chinese sage Mencius, “The Way of Learning is None Other Than Finding the Lost Mind”. The challenge is taken up through an examination of the dynamics of having- &gt; losing &gt; finding through both endomorphic and exomorphic pressures. In particular contemporary assaults on the human brain for political purposes are discussed along with strategies for recovering the mind that has been lost. Mencius’s appeal to “the child’s heart” is taken as an invitation for teachers, parents, and adults generally to consider the auspices of human maturity and well-being.</p>

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“The Way of Learning is None Other Than Finding the Lost Mind”: Pedagogical Meditations on a Saying of Mencius (371–289 BCE)

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    2026年3月9日

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  • David Geoffrey Smith

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This paper explores the pedagogical implications of the saying of ancient Chinese sage Mencius, “The Way of Learning is None Other Than Finding the Lost Mind”. The challenge is taken up through an examination of the dynamics of having- > losing > finding through both endomorphic and exomorphic pressures. In particular contemporary assaults on the human brain for political purposes are discussed along with strategies for recovering the mind that has been lost. Mencius’s appeal to “the child’s heart” is taken as an invitation for teachers, parents, and adults generally to consider the auspices of human maturity and well-being.