Mencius was a very famous politician and thinker in China during the Warring States Period, and was deeply respected by people. No matter what difficulties people have and what they don't understand, go to him for advice. He will make good suggestions to help people solve problems. Tengguo was a very weak country, and many big countries wanted to bully it. Teng Guo really has no choice but to seek protection from big countries. Teng Wengong felt that protecting the country blindly was not a long-term solution. Only by making Tengguo really rich and strong is the fundamental solution to the problem. However, he doesn't know how to make the country rich and strong. So he discussed the matter with his ministers, but after a long discussion, he never came up with a satisfactory solution and had to ask Mencius for advice. Mencius first encouraged Teng Wengong, saying that to make the country really rich and strong, we must implement benevolent government. Mencius said: "Remove the length of Tengguo and make up for its shortcomings. Fiona Fang is about a hundred miles away!" ! If we can implement benevolent policies, we will certainly make the country rich and strong. "Interpretation: Absorb the strengths of others to make up for their own shortcomings. It also refers to absorbing the advantages of this kind of thing to make up for the disadvantages of that one.