Mencius in my eyes. During the Spring and Autumn Period, according to legend, Zhou Li was all in Shandong. Confucius founded Confucianism and carried out education, which made Lu the focus of culture at that time and had a great influence on Mencius. Mencius is a descendant of Lu Gongshi and is related to Lu. Mencius buried his mother in Shandong and lived there for three years. Mencius, a disciple of Zisimen, received a systematic Confucian education. Mencius regarded himself as a descendant of Confucius all his life and took it as his duty to spread Confucianism, all of which reflected the great influence of Lu culture on Mencius. Mencius' thought of "benevolent government" inherits and develops Confucius' thought of "benevolence". Mencius once said, "Yao and Shun rule without benevolent government." (Mencius on Li Lou) The connotation of benevolent government is very rich, but its starting point is to "control people's production". Bread is the staff of life. Without the necessary means of production, people can't get enough means of subsistence. Mencius said: "those who have perseverance but not constant production can only be talented." If the people, there is no constant production, because there is no perseverance. " (Mencius on Li Lou) The so-called "constant production" mainly refers to land. Mencius believed that only by continuous production can ordinary people have perseverance. "Without continuous production, there will be no perseverance". Therefore, in order to govern the country well and ensure long-term social stability, we must take the lead in solving the problem of "controlling people's property". Mencius put forward the idea of "controlling people's wealth", that is, the state allocates a certain amount of land to the people, so that they have enough material basis to support their families, that is, to solve the basic food and clothing problems of the people; Only in this way can their thoughts and behaviors remain stable and be conducive to the stability of the country. The so-called "perseverance" requires people to have moral concepts and codes of conduct. Mencius saw the interaction between "constant production" and "perseverance", and thought that if the king could provide enough "constant production" for the people, the people would keep "perseverance" as much as possible, so it would be easier for the king to educate the people and further guide them to "be kind and benevolent". Source: Looking at the world, the first half of the school year