What Mencius taught his people wrongly was that he believed that the role of education is to "change nature and create falsehoods."

It is Xunzi’s view that the role of education is to “change nature and make it false”.

Mencius’s thoughts on enriching, happy and educating the people (excerpt):

1. The people have permanent property, do not take away the agricultural time

Mencius advocated benevolent government in politics. Benevolence and righteousness are the core of Mencius' political thought. In terms of economic policy, he advocated enriching the people, especially emphasizing that the people have permanent property and do not take away the agricultural time. People must have basic means of production and living, that is, they must have certain conditions and environment for survival and development, and they must not interfere with or destroy it, but try to help and support it as much as possible, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment.

2. Ease (farm and manage) the fields, reduce the taxes and reduce the taxes, and the people can become rich

People have the basic means of production and living. As long as they are good at management and management, farmers will gradually become rich. China's feudal ruling classes of all dynasties have relied on the exploitation and oppression of peasants to feed and maintain their rule.

The feudal autocratic system is the source of the poverty and pain of farmers. Mencius proposed that the people should have permanent property, not take away farming time, reduce exploitation, and make farmers rich. This captured the essence of the problem and was of positive significance in history. of.

3. Enjoy the world, worry about the world

Rulers cannot only pursue their own happiness and ignore the suffering of the people. Only by having fun with the people can rulers enjoy real happiness. To be happy with the world and to be worried with the world is to be happy for the happiness of the world and to be worried for the worries of the world. Fan Zhongyan in the Song Dynasty put forward the famous saying of "worry first when the world is worried, and then rejoice when the world is happy", which promoted Mencius' thought of "taking pleasure in the world and worrying about the world".

4. Respect the virtuous and empower the capable, and have heroes in office

To implement benevolent government, you must have benevolent people. Only people with benevolent hearts and righteousness can implement benevolent government. Mencius placed great emphasis on the political and moral qualities of politicians. History and real-life experience fully prove this. Some small and medium-sized countries are governed by talented people, have developed economies, strong national power, political stability, unity from top to bottom, and great international influence. Big countries may not dare to look down upon them.