Mencius: Praise his poems, read his books, do not know his people, can you?

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Mencius said of the Ten Thousand Chapters: "The good man of Ichigo, the good man of Siyou and Yixiang; the good man of a country, the good man of Si you and one country; the good man of the world, the good man of Si You." The good man who is friendly to the world is not enough, and he is still talking about the ancients. Praise his poems, read his books, do not know his people, can you? It is also about its world. It is Shang Yuya. ”

Mencius told Wanzhang, "A good man in a township makes friends with a good man in a township, a good man in a country makes friends with a good man in a country, and a good man in the world makes friends with a good man in the world." Is it okay to think that it is not enough to make friends with the good people of the world, and to go back to discussing the ancient people, reciting their poems, studying their writings, and not understanding their personalities? So talk about the times they're in. This is going back to making friends with the ancients. ”

Comment: That's why it's said that reading should be about people and the world.