Where is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius?

The hometown of Confucius and Mencius is Jining City, Shandong Province.

Confucius was called a "saint" and Mencius was called a "sub-saint". In the history of the development of Confucianism, Mencius can be described as a link between the past and the future, and its position is second only to Confucius, so Shandong has the saying of "the hometown of Confucius and Mencius".

Mencius, whose name is Ke, was born in Zou during the Warring States Period. Today, Zoucheng, Zoucheng and Qufu in Shandong are all county-level cities, which belong to Jining. Jining is adjacent to Linyi in the east, Heze in the west and Zaozhuang in the south. In this area, there are many celebrities in history, especially many sages.

Brief Introduction of Jining City, Shandong Province

Jining, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, where the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes. Jining is a waterfront eco-tourism city, and it is on this fertile soil that China's famous thinkers Confucius and Mencius have been cultivated.

Jining area has a long history and culture, and is one of the important birthplaces of Dongyi culture, Huaxia civilization, Confucian culture, Shuihu culture and Canal culture. Confucius, Mencius, Yan Hui and Zuo Qiuming were all born here. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal promoted the development of Jining's commodity economy and became an important industrial and commercial city along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.