Excerpt from: Mencius devoted himself to the third quarter.
Mencius said, "It is better to believe in books than to have no books. I'm in Wucheng, just taking two or three measures. Benevolence is invincible, even if benevolence is cut to the point of inhumanity, how can there be blood? "
Mencius said: "It is better not to believe in Shangshu blindly. I only take two or three truths from the article Wu Cheng. He who can love the people is invincible in the world. How can we conquer the people who love the people the least with the policy of loving the people the most, so that blood can flow and weapons can float? "
Introduction and appreciation of works
Xian Zhang Sentence is selected from Mencius. Mencius recorded Mencius' thoughts on governing the country, political views (the debate between benevolent government and Wang Ba, people-oriented, respecting the right and wrong of the monarch's heart, people being the monarch, and following the monarch being light) and political actions. It was written in the mid-Warring States period and belongs to Confucian classics. His theoretical starting point is the theory of good nature and advocates the rule of virtue. The theory of the work is not only pure and broad, but also full of vigor and beauty.
"It is better to believe in books than to have no books." It is a penetrating reading method, which requires readers to be good at independent thinking. Books are the patent favor of human beings, and for many people, they are also sacred objects they worship. However, if you completely believe in books and just follow them, you will become a bookworm, and at the same time form the style of so-called "bookishness", "dogmatism" and "bookishness", misleading children and causing endless harm.