After Confucius, the most influential Confucian scholar was Mencius.
Mencius's essays are rational, full of momentum and long at arguments, logical and sharp, representing the highest peak of traditional prose writing.
Along the way, we have read many classic sentences of Mencius, and today, The Hidden Lady wants to share the most classic and widely circulated ten sentences of Mencius, which have influenced Chinese thousand years, hoping to enlighten your life.
To be born is also what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. The two cannot be combined, and the one who sacrifices his life for righteousness is also. Mencius
Life is what I want, justice is what I want, and if these two things can't be both at the same time, then I have to sacrifice my life and choose justice.
【Enlightenment】 Life is precious, morality is higher, "sacrificing oneself for righteousness" has been sung for thousands of years, for the sake of the country and the nation, for the sake of morality, countless benevolent people have thrown their heads and spilled their blood, and nine deaths have no regrets.
Rich and noble cannot be adulterous, poor and lowly cannot be moved, and mighty cannot be bent, which is called a big husband. "Mencius Teng Wengong"
The rich cannot confuse his thoughts, the poor cannot change his conduct, and the powerful cannot submit to his will, which is called the great husband.
[Enlightenment] Those who can resist temptation, can withstand poverty, and are not afraid of power are the real big husbands. This is the measure of a person's character and personality.
Although tens of millions of people, although the past is over. "Mencius Gongsun Ugly"
Self-reflection and discovery of justice in me, even in the face of thousands of troops, I bravely move forward.
【Feeling】 Although there are thousands of hardships and obstacles, even if I am only the light of the insect, the end is to be crushed to pieces, and I am ruined, but I still do not quit and do not change my original intention.
The poor are good at themselves, and the poor are good at the world. "Mencius, Dedication to the Heart"
When you are not ambitious, you must manage yourself well, maintain your moral cultivation, and when you have ambition, you must strive to let everyone in the world get benefits.
【Enlightenment】 No matter who it is, self-cultivation is the basic skill, and if you don't have big dreams, you must also insist on cultivating yourself.
Born in sorrow, died in comfort. Mencius
Only those who are always worried can survive; those who indulge in happiness often commit suicide. Worrying about evils can make people (or nations) survive and develop, and comfortable pleasures will lead people (or nations) to extinction.
【Perception】 Only by stepping out of the comfort zone can we achieve something.
Therefore, the heavens will send down a great task, so that man will first suffer his heart, strain his bones, starve his body, empty his body, and act in a disorderly manner, so that he will be tempted to endure, and he will benefit from what he cannot. Mencius
Therefore, for Heaven to entrust this man with a heavy responsibility, he must first make him distressed, make him tired, make him hungry, make him suffer from poverty, turn his things upside down and confuse, use them to shock his heart, make him tough, and increase the abilities that he did not have.
[Feeling] Without experiencing wind and rain, how to see the rainbow, no one can succeed casually.
The people are precious, the society is secondary, and the king is light. Mencius
The most important thing for man is the people, the state is what will be wanted, and the position of the monarch is the lightest.
【Feeling】 Both the monarch and the society can be changed and replaced, and only the common people cannot be replaced. Therefore, the people are the most important.
The weather is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. "Mencius Gongsun Ugly"
The weather and seasons that are conducive to combat are not as good as the geographical terrain conducive to combat, the geographical situation conducive to combat, and the popular will of soldiers in combat and the unity of the upper and lower levels.
【Perception】 People are always the first element of victory. Don't envy the good fortune of others, you must understand that a strong armed self is always better than good luck.
The old man is old, and the old man is old; the young man is young, and the young man: the world can be transported in the palm of your hand. "Mencius Liang HuiWang Shang"
Respect for one's own old man, push this respect to others who have old people; love one's own children, and push this love to other people's children. In this way, the world is as easy to govern as flipping a small thing in the palm of your hand.
The most harmonious society should be like this.
If you want to rule the world peacefully, in this world, who will you give up on me? "Mencius Gongsun Ugly"
If you want peace in the world, who else but me is in today's world?
[Feeling] Self-confidence is the first secret of success, Chairman Mao said: Self-confidence in life for two hundred years, will be when the water hits three thousand miles.