Meaning: Waiting for our King, when he comes, we will be resurrected.

From "Mencius: King Hui of Liang" written by Meng Ke during the Warring States Period.

Excerpt from the original text:

"Book" said: "After you kill me, you will be sued later!" Now Yan is oppressing its people, and the king goes to conquer it. The people think that they will save themselves from water and fire. In the middle of the day, Tao eats a pot of slurry to welcome the king's master. If he kills his father and brother, his children will be harmed, his ancestral temple will be destroyed, and his important weapons will be removed. How can this be done? The king of the world is really afraid of the strength of Qi, but now that the territory has been doubled and he does not practice benevolent government, he is stirring up the armies of the world.

Translation:

"Shangshu" said: "Wait for our king, when he comes, we will be resurrected!" Now, the king of Yan State abuses the people, your Majesty, your When the army went to conquer him, the people of Yan State thought that you were going to save them from dire straits, so they welcomed your army with rice baskets and wine pots with wine bottles.

But you killed their fathers and brothers, captured their children, destroyed their ancestral temples, and took away their treasures. How can you make them tolerate this? All countries in the world were originally afraid of Qi's power. Now that Qi's land has doubled and it does not implement benevolent government, this will inevitably inspire all countries in the world to raise troops.

Extended information

"The Second Chapter of King Hui of Liang" is selected from "Mencius".

The seven-part book "Mencius" is a collection of Mencius' remarks during the Warring States Period. It records Mencius' debates with other schools of thought, his words and deeds to his disciples, and his lobbying of the princes. It was compiled by Mencius and his disciples ( Wan Zhang, etc.) *** compiled together.

It records Mencius’s thoughts on governing the country, political views (benevolent government, distinction between kings and hegemons, people-centeredness, caring about the king’s heart, the people are noble and the country is inferior to the king) and political actions. The book was written around In the middle period of the Warring States Period, it is a Confucian classic. The starting point of his theory is the theory of human nature and goodness, and he advocates the rule of virtue.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi combined "Mencius", "The Analects of Confucius", "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" together as the "Four Books". Since the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has been regarded as a book that has been passed down from family to family.

"Mencius" is the largest and heaviest of the Four Books, with more than 35,000 words. From then until the end of the Qing Dynasty, the "Four Books" had been a required part of the imperial examination. The theory of the book "Mencius" is not only pure and profound, but the articles are also extremely powerful and beautiful.

Mencius is the successor of Confucius and an important representative of Confucianism. According to legend, Mencius was a descendant of the Meng Sun family, a nobleman of the Lu State. He lost his father when he was young and his family was poor. He was once a student of Zisi.

After Mencius completed his studies, he lobbied the princes as a scholar in an attempt to promote his political ideas and went to Liang (Wei), Qi, Song, Teng, and Lu. At that time, several big countries were committed to enriching the country and strengthening the military, striving to achieve unification through violent means. He inherited Confucius's "benevolence" thought and developed it into the thought of "benevolent government", and was called the "Ya Sheng".

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