Excerpt from Qi Huan Jinwen Shi Zhi (from Mencius Hui Liang Wang Shang), the original excerpt:
I am old, and people are old; Young people, young people, young people; The world is in your hands. As the poem says, "Punishment is for widows, punishment is for brothers, and punishment is for family." I just added words to my heart. Therefore, kindness can protect the whole world, but not kindness can't protect your wife. Ancient people were so great, and they were good at promoting what they did!
Translation:
Respect for their own elderly, and then extended to respect for others; Take care of your own children, and then extend to take care of other people's children. According to this principle, unifying the world is as easy as turning things over in the palm of your hand.
The Book of Songs says: "You should follow the example of your wife and children and spread it to your brothers, so as to govern a country well." I'm talking about spreading this heart to others. Therefore, Ender's promotion is enough to appease people all over the world. Without it, even his wife and children could not be comforted. The reason why ancient saints greatly surpassed others was nothing more than being good at publicizing their own good behavior.
Extended data
Creative background:
As the most important representative of Confucianism after Confucius, Mencius developed Confucius' theory of benevolence into the theory of benevolent governance, and put forward the idea that "the people value the monarch but despise him", and advocated that the monarch should implement benevolent governance and enjoy the people.
Mencius' ideological theory is the book Mencius. Mencius recorded Mencius' words and deeds and was a dialogue work. This article is selected from Mencius Liang Wang Hui. Through the process of Mencius lobbying Qi Xuanwang to give up hegemony and practice kingliness, this paper systematically expounds Mencius' thought of benevolent governance.
Appreciate:
This article records Mencius' lobbying for Wang Xuan to implement benevolent policies. Explain that everyone has an unbearable heart. As long as he can carry forward this kind of kindness in his heart, push himself and others, and be kind to the people, it is not difficult to keep the people king.
Through the dialogue between Mencius and Qi Xuanwang, this paper shows Mencius' kingly thought of "protecting the people as kings" and his political proposition of enriching the people and teaching the people, and also shows Mencius' eloquent character and superb argumentation skills. His proposition is, first of all, to give people a certain industry so that they can support their families and live and work in peace and contentment.
Then "courtesy and righteousness" will guide the people, strengthen ethical education, and thus realize the ideal of kingly way. This proposition reflects the people's desire to get rid of poverty and yearn for a stable life, and shows Mencius' spirit of caring for people's sufferings and pleading for the people, which is worthy of recognition.
But Mencius' thought also has its limitations. First, during the Warring States period, from division to reunification, war was inevitable. Mencius often opposed force in general, which seems out of touch with reality and out of date. Second, his thought of benevolent government is completely based on the theory of "goodness in nature", which seems too naive and simple. Although Mencius' thought has certain value, it is far from the society at that time, so it won't work.
About the author:
Mencius (about 372 BC-289 BC) was born in Zou (now Zoucheng City, Shandong Province) during the Warring States Period.
A famous philosopher, thinker, politician and educator in the Warring States period, one of the representatives of Confucianism, was second only to Confucius, and was also called "Confucius and Mencius" with Confucius. Advocating "benevolent government", he first put forward the idea that "the people are more expensive than the monarch".
The Original Road by Han Yu listed Mencius as a Confucian figure who inherited the Confucian orthodoxy in the pre-Qin period, while the Yuan Dynasty posthumously awarded Mencius as "elegant Gong Sheng" and respected him as "elegant saint". Mencius is a collection of essays compiled by Mencius and his disciples, which advocates "benevolence-oriented".
Representative works include "I want what I want" and "If you get it, you will get more help, and if you lose it, you will get less help". Born in sorrow, died in happiness, wealth can not be immoral, and I am the same in the countryside, all of which have been included in middle school Chinese textbooks.
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