A man told Qi Xuanwang that he said, I can lift 3,000 pounds with my hands, but I can't lift a feather. My eyes can see clearly the newborn hairs of birds and animals, but I can't see clearly a car full of firewood.

I have enough strength to lift a hundred birds, but I can't lift a feather. From "Qi Huan Jinwen Poetry": "There is a gentleman who said:' My strength is enough to lift a hundred monarchs, but not enough to lift a feather; Smart enough to see the end of autumn, but not the salary. "What about Wang Xu?"

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This paper systematically expounds Mencius' thought of benevolent government by lobbying Qi Xuanwang to give up hegemony and practice kingly way.

This article records Mencius' lobbying for Wang Xuan to implement benevolent policies. Explain that everyone has an unbearable heart. As long as he can carry forward this kindness in his heart, push himself and others, and be kind to the people, it will not be difficult to keep the people king. Through the dialogue between Mencius and Qi Xuanwang, this paper shows Mencius' kingly thought of protecting the people as the king, his political proposition of enriching the people and educating the people, and his eloquent character and superb argumentation skills.

His proposition is, first of all, to give people a certain industry so that they can support their families and live and work in peace and contentment. Then "courtesy and righteousness" will guide the people, strengthen ethical education, and thus realize the ideal of kingly way.

Writing characteristics

This article is one of Mencius' representative works, which can reflect the basic characteristics of Mencius' prose, such as rigorous structure, prominent center, clear argument, full reasoning, intense emotion and majestic momentum.

This article is a conversational argumentative essay. If Mencius wanted him to accept his own political ideas in the dialogue with Qi Xuanwang, he had to ponder each other's psychology and induce them to speak according to their own ideas. Therefore, this paper is written in a tortuous and euphemistic way, with in-depth hierarchy and logical and vivid reasoning.

There are twists and turns, layers of depth, ups and downs. Discussing the problem from the side, distance and periphery gradually leads to the main idea, forming a tortuous debate style.

This article is intended to promote kingliness, but it doesn't talk about kingliness frankly. On the contrary, it focuses on Qi Xuanwang's question about Qi Huan's bronze inscriptions. This kind of opening not only avoids straightforward narration, but also makes the article feel frustrated, which makes the article form a rebuttal situation, thus leading to Mencius' talk with a clear stand.