Overview: The topic for the first midterm paper is to write a biography of a secondary founder. You choose Mengzi!
Instructions: The biography is a research paper. It must have a list of sources used (a bibliography) and the bibliography is not considered part of the word count. The biography should be an account of the person’s life, a reflection on that person’s role as a secondary founder of a religion, and a discussion of how the religion was impacted by the secondary founder. Please use the information in the book to inform your understanding of the founder you choose to write about. Who was the primary founder of this religion and how does the secondary founder relate to the first? Finally, state why you chose this person and what you think you, personally, can gain from this person’s teachings. Use the outline to construct the paper.
