1, Meng Mu moved three times.

The main thing is to teach children to move. Mencius' mother was called Meng Mu. Mencius lived near the cemetery when he was a child. Mencius learned some things like worship and played games to deal with funerals. His mother said, "This place is not suitable for children to live in." So he moved his family to the market, and Mencius learned some knowledge about business and slaughter.

The mother thought again, "This place is still not suitable for children to live in." I moved my family to Gong Xue. Mencius learned the etiquette of bowing forward and backward in the imperial court. Meng Mu said, "This is where children live." Settle here.

Meng Mu broke the machine.

Breaking the machine is to educate children not to give up halfway. Mencius was very tired of learning when he was a child. One day he didn't want to study, so he fled home. Meng Mu happened to be weaving. When he came back from playing truant, he broke the weaving shuttle without saying a word, which meant that all the fabrics to be woven were destroyed.

Mencius was very filial, so he knelt down and asked, "Why are you doing this?" Meng Mu told him, "It doesn't take a day or two to study. Just like weaving, I have to start with thread before I can weave a piece of cloth inch by inch. Only when cloth is woven into a horse can I make clothes.

The same is true of reading. If you can't persevere and give up halfway like you, how can you be a success in the future? Mencius woke up from a dream and suddenly realized. From then on, he devoted himself to his studies and never missed classes casually again. Later he became a "saint" after Confucius.

3. Meng Mu kills pigs

Is to educate children not to break their promises. Young Mencius saw his neighbor killing pigs and asked his mother, "Why did he kill pigs?" Meng Mu casually said: "Kill pigs and eat pork."

Words just say that finish, Meng Mu regretted it. With their family circumstances at that time, it was difficult to eat pork. However, in order not to break his promise to his children, Meng Mu bought meat for Mencius to teach him to keep his word.

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Lobbying Song Qi

Mencius inherited Confucius' theory of benevolent governance and was a very ambitious politician. As a keen thinker, Mencius realized the characteristics and trends of the times and constructed his own theory during the war when the vassal states joined Lian Heng. Like Confucius, he tried to transform Confucian political theory and idea of governing the country into concrete thoughts of governing the country.

And spread around the world, when thinkers lobbied the rulers of various countries to realize their political opinions. In this social background, Mencius began to travel around the world, lobbying among monarchs and propagating his political views.

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