Looking at Mencius casually, I feel that Mencius' articles are all like essays, such as throwing guns and daggers, like medical stones, and Mencius is a rare essayist. His thoughts, language, knowledge and insight are beyond our reach; His sharpness, courage, fierceness and sharpness are beyond our reach. If an essayist wants to write something decent, he might as well learn from Mencius and try his best to make it clear, which will certainly benefit him immensely. First of all, we should learn from Mencius' sense of justice. Some essayists always think that their poor writing is a matter of skill, but in fact, it is often caused by a lack of sense of justice. Mencius was shocked by his strong sense of justice. "I am good at cultivating my noble spirit", what he relies on is actually a "righteousness". "Benevolence is glory, benevolence is humiliation", which is his concept of honor and disgrace. "Giving up one's life for righteousness" is his principle of being a man; "Wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent" has almost become the life criterion of people with lofty ideals for thousands of years. If we learn from Mencius' sense of justice, we will be angry with those messy people and things, and the essays will be bloody, which will make us angry, write happily and read Japanese. Although Mencius did not flaunt himself as representing the people, he spoke for the people everywhere and pleaded for the lives of ordinary people, which is what today's essayists should learn. He wants to see a society without resentment at home and no husband outside. He yearns for "old, old, old; Young people, young people, young people. Every time there is a famine, he will urge to open a warehouse for disaster relief; He was extremely angry at the royal family's "fat horses in the stables" and "hungry people in the wild" and denounced it as "this rate kills animals." And "the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the light", which is his most widely circulated famous saying, which is shocking and shocking, and has caused many monarchs a headache. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang would ban Mencius first and then delete Mencius. This so-called "Mencius wrote an article, and the husband and thief were afraid. "Of course, we should learn the reasoning skills of Mencius. Essays are the art of reasoning, and whether reasoning is thorough and convincing is an important criterion to judge the level of essays. Mencius' reasoning is convincing, interlocking, rigorous, logical and convincing. When talking about the principle of equal treatment between monarch and minister, he made a surprising remark: "If you regard your minister as your brother, then I regard you as my confidant;" If you treat me like a dog or a horse, then I will treat you like a Chinese; If you regard the minister as dirt, then I regard you as an enemy. " Talking about the principle of self-reliance, he hit the floor and said, "Madam will insult herself, and then others will insult her;" "Home will destroy itself, and then people will destroy it; The country will cut itself, and then people will cut themselves. " Talking about Wang Dao's "don't do it" and "can't do it", he hit the nail on the head and followed suit: "Crossing the North Sea with Mount Tai is sincere, and people say' I can't'. Folding branches for the elderly, people say,' No', not for it, not for it. " In addition, we can learn from Mencius' good irony. Satire is one of the characteristics of essays, which is often the unique taste of essays that distinguishes them from other languages. Mencius is a master of satire. His language is pungent and sharp, his writing is humorous, his courtship is wonderful, and his articles are constantly criticized. He satirized Liang's lip service with "pot calling the kettle black"; Educate Gongsun Chou not to go against the law of development of things and do those thankless things with the allusion of "pulling out seedlings to encourage others"; The story "Qi people have wives and concubines" is used to satirize those who seek wealth by hook or by crook. He satirized the folly of "driving fish for ponds and birds for flocks"; He satirized the absurdity of Qi Xuanwang's "kindness to animals but not to people". His satire, well-founded, heartless, clever and efficient, is still full of vitality. Learn Mencius' essays, but scholars are far more than that. Mencius is a treasure house of prose. As long as we are sincere, we will return home with a full load. Source: Extracurricular Chinese, Chinese