He put forward the view that the people are more valuable than the monarch, and that the monarch must attach importance to the people. "The wealth of a vassal is land, people and political affairs." If the monarch is serious, his deputies will admonish him. If he admonishes but doesn't listen, he can change his position.
As for tyrants like Jie and Zhou, subjects can rise up and destroy them. He opposes hegemonism, that is, conquering other countries through merger wars; It is to be benevolent, win the obedience of the people's hearts, and defeat the soldiers without fighting, which is what he called "the benevolent is invincible", and the king can be invincible in the world.
Mencius inherited and developed the "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" in Confucius' educational method. To be sure, in education, we must adopt various methods that vary from person to person. Moreover, Confucius' "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" has also developed.
People think that the education of students must have certain standards, so that students have clear goals. The learning method and educational method advocated by Mencius are the crystallization of ancient Chinese pedagogy, which still has certain reference value for our study and education today.
Mencius' Heaven holds that Heaven is the highest will, and the change of dynasties, the translocation of kings, the rise and fall, wealth and poverty in the world are all determined by destiny. People want to go with the weather, "those who go with the weather will prosper, those who go against the weather will die", and God's will is irresistible. He stood on the opposite side of materialist reflection theory, denied that human thought was a reflection of social existence, and believed that people were born with the seeds of goodness.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Mencius