The leaders of Mencius should take the lead in setting an example, because the upward and downward effects are effective

RanYoufu Zou asked Mencius.

Mencius said, "Of course, he can't ask for it." Confucius said: "Junxue, listen to Tsukasa Zai, Chuò Porridge, face deep ink, and cry on the throne, and a hundred officials have no courage not to mourn, and the first one is also." 'Whoever is good at the top will be worse off the bottom.' The virtue of a gentleman, the wind also; the virtue of a villain, the grass also. The wind of the grass will be strong. It is in the world. ”

Chen Changwen's interpretation:

Teng Wengong looked at the family subjects with the same surname, and the civil and military officials were unwilling to follow him in wearing ma dai filial piety, drinking porridge and guarding the funeral for three years, although introspection was his own moral level, and there were problems with leadership, but this matter still could not be implemented.

This king's way has not yet begun, it is about to end?

There was no way, so he asked Ranyou to go to Zou Guo to ask Mencius what to do?

Mencius said that Teng Wengong was able to find the reason from himself and realize his own shortcomings, which was already very good. This matter cannot be asked for by others, but can only rely on himself.

How do you rely on yourself? Confucius said that when the king died, the son of the world ignored the government, handed over all the government affairs to the head of the hundred officials and ministers, and occupied a secondary position, and every day he was a mourner, drinking porridge, and the sorrow was overflowing with words, so that his face was haggard to the point of dark black color.

That is, the position of filial piety, weeping from morning to night,

In this way, there is no one who does not dare to mourn when the civil and military officials hear it,

Why? Because the son of the world takes the lead in mourning.

Since ancient times, it is what the people in the upper position like, and the people in the lower position imitate what, and even imitate it more powerfully than the people above.

The moral behavior of a gentleman is like the wind,

The moral behavior of villains is like grass.

The wind blows to that side, and the grass falls to that side.

Therefore, whether this matter can be done or not depends entirely on whether Shizi can take the lead in setting an example and setting an example.

What is the truth of Mencius here?

What you want to do, you don't ask others, you ask others, others don't necessarily do it, or even superficially agree, behind the scenes.

You have to do it yourself, set an example, and then people will follow you and have to do it.

Because, up and down.

Good things, bad things are like this,

You do bad things, the people below follow, and you don't want everyone to learn well.

You do good deeds, and the people below follow suit.