A summary of Mencius’s famous sayings is as follows

1. It is better to have no books than to believe in books

2. Without rules, you cannot form a circle

< p>3. Born in sorrow and died in happiness

4. The people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least.

5. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people< /p>

6. If you are poor, you can take good care of yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world

7. When you are alive, do things with propriety; when you die, be buried with propriety and offer sacrifices with propriety, which can be called filial piety

8. Being tireless in learning is wisdom; being tireless in teaching is benevolence. Being benevolent and wise, the Master is a sage

9. When I am old, I am harmonious to others; when I am young, I am gentle to others. Young. The world can be carried in the palm of my hand

10. Life is what I want, and righteousness is also what I want; you cannot have both, and you must sacrifice your life for righteousness

11. The weather is not as good as it is The geographical advantage is not as good as that of human beings

12. If it is violent in one day and cold in ten days, no one can survive

13. If a leaf blinds your eyes, you will not be able to see Mount Tai

14. Taking fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps

15. Fish is what I want; bear’s paws are also what I want. You cannot have both. One would give up fish and take bear’s paws. . Life is what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. You cannot have both, and you are willing to give up life for righteousness

16. Without rules, there is no way to make a circle

17. Those who have attained the right will get many help, while those who have lost the right will have little help.

18. Father and son have relatives, monarch and ministers have friendship, husband and wife should be separated, elders and young are in order, and friends have trust

< p>19. Respect the teachings of Xiangxu, apply the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood, and award the white ones to live up to the road!

20. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not follow them. Having both parents and brothers without any reason is one joy; looking up to Heaven and not being ashamed of others is two joys; being able to educate the world's talents and educating them is three joys.

A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world cannot keep them.

21. The old and the old are like the old; the young and the young are like the young.

22. Power, and then you know the importance; Once you know each other, you will know the right and wrong

23. The most important thing for people to know each other is to know each other. p>25. He who loses the world loses his people; he who loses his people loses his heart

26. The foundation of the world, the foundation of a country is at home, and the foundation of a family is in the body

27. I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit

28. Only being filial to my parents can relieve my worries

29. The most important thing to be a filial son is to respect your relatives

30. Cultivate the heart Don’t be good at having few desires