From: Pre-Qin, Meng Ziliang, Chapter VI.
There is only harmony in the world. Is it Miao? If there is drought in July and August, the seedlings will die. When the sky looks like a cloud and it rains repeatedly, the seedlings will thrive. If so, who can resist?
There is no one in the world who is unwilling to follow him. Does your majesty know the growth of seedlings? When there is drought in July and August, the seedlings will wither. Suddenly the sky is overcast, it rains heavily, and the seedlings will flourish again. If so, who can stop it from growing?
Basic information
Mencius, whose name was Ke, was born in Zou Guo (now southeast of Zoucheng, Shandong Province). Philosophers, thinkers, politicians and educators in the Warring States period are the representatives of Confucianism after Confucius and before Xunzi, and they are also called "Confucius and Mencius" with Confucius.
Mencius advocated "benevolent government" and first put forward the idea that "the people are more important than the monarch", which was listed by Han Yu as a figure who inherited Confucius' "orthodoxy" in pre-Qin Confucianism and was named "Ya Sheng" in Yuan Dynasty.
Mencius' speech works are included in the book Mencius. Among them, I want what I want, I get more help from the Tao, and I get less help from the Tao. I am also in China, born in sorrow and died in happiness, and I can't get rich and debauched.