Original text: Li Lou, Chapter 19 Mencius said: The reason why people are different from animals is several hopes; Shu Ren to it, the gentleman to stay. Shun ming is good at ordinary things, observes human feelings, and acts with benevolence and righteousness, not with benevolence and righteousness.
Interpretation: Mencius said: "There is only a little difference between man and beast. Ordinary people abandon it, and gentlemen save it. " Shun understands the truth of everything and the relationship between people, so he can act according to benevolence and righteousness, rather than force it.
Author: Mencius
Dynasty: Warring States Period
Extended data
Mencius' works
Mencius is a collection of Mencius' speeches by Mencius and his disciples, which records Mencius' language, political views (benevolent politics, Wang Ba's debate, people-oriented, respecting the right and wrong of the monarch, and valuing the people over the monarch) and political actions. It is a Confucian classic.
His theoretical starting point is the theory of good nature, which puts forward "benevolent governance" and "kingly governance" and advocates rule by virtue.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu called Mencius, The Analects of Confucius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean the Four Books.
Since the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has been regarded as a family heirloom.
Mencius is the longest and heaviest of the four books, with more than 35 thousand words. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, "Four Books" had been a compulsory part of the imperial examination.
Mencius and Li Lou wrote other chapters.
Li Lou, the first chapter
Mencius said: Shun was born in Xia and died in Mingtiao; The people of dongyi are also.
King Wen was born and died in Bi Ying, a westerner.
The difference between the ground and the ground is also thousands of miles; After the phase of the world, there are thousands of years left: if it is successful, it can be done in China, if it is a symbolic festival.
It is an insult to be holy before being holy.
writings in the vernacular
Mencius said, "Shun was born in Xia and died in Mingtiao. He comes from a remote area in the east.
Wang Wensheng was born in qi zhou and died in Biyang, from a remote area in the west.
The distance between the two places is more than 1000 miles, and the time difference is more than 1000 years. However, after their success, what they implemented in China is as consistent as what they did in Jeff. The first saints and the last saints have the same statutes. "
Li Lou, Chapter II
Zi chan obeyed the management of Zheng Guo; Use it to help the people of Qinhe.
Mencius said: you don't know how to govern.
1 1 year-old, I became a lever,1February, I became a process. People are not sick.
A gentleman is equal to his politics; It is also possible to train people. How can we help?
So not everyone in politics can enjoy it.
writings in the vernacular
Manage the political affairs of Zheng, and help others through the drowning and swimming with their own cars.
Mencius said: "Ren Hui didn't know how to manage political affairs.
If the footbridge is repaired in 1 1 month and the traffic bridge is repaired in1February, the people will not worry about crossing the river.
People at the top have done a good job in politics, and it is ok to let pedestrians avoid themselves when traveling. How do they help others cross the river one by one?
Therefore, the people in charge of politics will be liked by everyone one by one, and the time is too short. "
Li Lou Chapter III
Mencius told Qi Xuanwang: Your minister is like a brother and a minister is like a heart; If you treat me like a dog or a horse, then I will treat you like a Chinese; If you regard your minister as dirt, then I regard you as Kirkan.
Wang Yue: Etiquette has a belly for the old king, so why can it be served? Yue: listen to it and stick it to the people; If there is a reason to go, lead people out of Xinjiang and walk in front of them; Go for three years without rebelling, and then collect the fields: this three gifts; If so, I'll take it.
I am also a minister today, so I can't remonstrate, but I can't help the people if I don't listen to you. If there is a reason to go, then you will fight for it and you will have great interest in it; I took his field on the day I left: this is called Kekan, and Kekan has no service!
writings in the vernacular
Mencius said to Qi Xuanwang: "You treat the princes as brothers, and the princes treat you as their own hearts;" The monarch treats his subordinates like dogs and horses, and his subordinates will treat them like strangers; The monarch regards his subordinates as dirt, and his subordinates regard the monarch as an enemy. "
Wang Xuan said: "The etiquette system stipulates that (resigned princes) should be filial to the monarch who served before. What can the monarch do to make the princes filial to him? "
Mencius said: "If there is advice, the monarch will listen, and if there is discussion, the monarch will adopt it, so that the monarch can benefit the people;" If (courtier) has reason to leave (go to another country), the monarch will send someone to take him abroad, and first send someone to arrange where he wants to go; He walked for three years, and then he took back his fief house without coming back.
This is called taking care of the cottage.
In this way, liegeman is willing to do filial piety for him.
Today, there are generals to remonstrate, but you don't accept it, and you don't listen to it, so (so) grace can't spread to the people; If there is a reason to leave, the monarch will catch him and try his best to get him into trouble wherever he goes; On the day he left, he confiscated his house.
This is called an enemy.
Being an enemy, what is there to be filial to? "
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