Source: Mencius and his disciples Zhang Wan, Gongsun Chou, etc. Mid-Warring States Period.

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Mencius said: "An adult should not be naive first."

Mencius said, "Being born is a great event, and death can be a great event."

Mencius said: "A gentleman wants to be complacent when he learns Tao; If you are complacent, you will feel at ease; Be prepared for danger in times of peace is the depth of capital: the depth of capital is left and right; Therefore, the gentleman wants to be complacent. "

Mencius said: "erudite and refined, but you promise it on the contrary."

Mencius said: "No one can convince others with kindness. Cultivate people with kindness, and then you can serve the world. If the world is not convinced, it will be king. "

Mencius said: "If you don't say anything, it will be ominous; The ominous reason should be taken by the saints. "

Translation:

Mencius said: "A virtuous man is one who does not lose his naive nature like a baby."

Mencius said: "adoptive parents are not a big deal, but only giving their parents death is a big deal."

Mencius said: "A gentleman wants to pursue further studies in the right way, so as to make himself reasonable. If you get the truth yourself, you can firmly grasp it; If you master it firmly, you can save a lot; If you have deep savings, you will be inexhaustible, so a gentleman should get the truth himself. "

Mencius said: "To learn from others' strengths and elaborate on them is to return to the position where the main points can be said."

Mencius said: "Don't serve people with virtue; Only by educating and influencing people with kindness can we convince everyone in the world. There will never be a situation in which people in the world can rule the world without being persuaded. "

Mencius said, "It is not good to tell the truth. The ominous consequences are borne by those who hinder the use of sages.

Extended data:

A Brief Introduction of Mencius and Li Lou.

Li Lou is an ancient prose written by Mencius, which involves politics, history, education and personal survival. The full text consists of 33 chapters, which is a classic of Chinese studies.

Introduction to Mencius

Mencius was listed as "Four Books" by Zhu in the Southern Song Dynasty (the other three books were Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean and The Analects of Confucius). In the mid-Warring States period, Mencius and his disciples Zhang Wan, Gong Sunchou and others. There are eleven pieces of Mencius recorded in History of Han, and there are seven pieces and fourteen volumes.

The total number of words is more than 35,000 words and 286 chapters. According to legend, there are four other books of Mencius, which have been lost (this book of Mencius is a fake of Yao Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty). This book records the politics, education, philosophy, ethical thoughts and political activities of Mencius and his disciples. Ancient examinations mainly included four books and five classics.

Brief introduction of the author

Mencius (about 372 BC-289 BC) was born in Zou (now southeast of Zou County, Shandong Province) in the middle of the Warring States Period, not far from Qufu, the hometown of Confucius. He is a famous thinker, politician, educator, the successor of Confucius' theory and an important representative of Confucianism.

According to legend, Mencius is a descendant of Lu nobles. He lost his father when he was young and his family was poor. He was once a disciple of Zisi (Kong Ji, the grandson of Confucius). After finishing his studies, he lobbied the governors as scholars in an attempt to promote his own political views, and successively went to Liang (Wei), Qi, Song, Teng and Lu.

At that time, several great powers devoted themselves to Qiang Bing, a rich country, and strived to achieve reunification by force. He inherited Confucius' thought of benevolence and developed it into the thought of benevolent government, which was called "elegance and sage".

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