Those who gain the Tao will help more, while those who lose the Tao will help less. ("Mencius")

Wealth cannot be lewd, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be bent. (Mencius)

If you are poor, you will be immune to it, while if you are up to it, you will be good at the world. (Mencius)

The weather is not as good as the geographical position, and the geographical position is not as good as human harmony. ("Mencius")

If one day is violent, it will be cold for ten days, and no one can live. (Mencius)

Confucius said, "Learning without thinking is disconcerting, and thinking without learning is dangerous."

Confucius said, "What if you learn from time to time? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? Isn't it a gentleman to be ignorant and not satisfied? "

Confucius said, "He is filial to his younger brother, but he is easy to make mistakes. It's not easy to make a mistake, but it's not easy to make a mistake. A gentleman's business is based on the foundation and the Tao is born. Filial piety is also the foundation of benevolence! "

Confucius said, "Clever words make you look good, which makes you fresh!"

Confucius said, "I visit myself three times a day. Is it disloyal to others? Make friends without believing them? Can't you learn it? "

Confucius said, "There are 3 poems. In a word, it says,' Think innocently'."

Confucius said, "I am determined to learn five times out of ten, standing at thirty, not confused at forty, knowing my destiny at fifty, obeying my ears at sixty, and doing what I want at seventy, without overstepping the bounds."

Confucius: Perfect: described to the extreme, without defects.

Confucius had the opportunity to enjoy the most beautiful music he thought in Qi State [[Shao]]. He called it "perfect and beautiful!" Then I was deeply moved, and I kept thinking about it for many days in a row, and eating meat was tasteless. I didn't know the smell of meat in March, which was originally used to describe Confucius' fascination with music. It's really strange that later generations used it to describe poverty.

■ Kan Kan talked leisurely:

In the hierarchy of the Zhou Dynasty, Confucius' position was equivalent to being a doctor. Confucius was a man who tried to conform to the rites of Zhou. He On the occasion of appearing before the court, I am good at talking, but I am a little cautious; In the imperial court, when the monarch was away, he talked with officials at the same level, and Kan Kan talked about it with confidence; Talk to your superiors and be pleasant; When the monarch came, he was respectful and uneasy, and he was very careful.

■ Don't give up day and night: it means that time keeps passing.

Confucius had a strong sense of time and once sighed at the river: "The deceased is like a husband, don't give up day and night." It means: Time is gone forever! Just like the river running around the clock!

Time is like running water, so we must cherish it. Confucius is famous in history because he knows that time is wealth!

■ Don't pick up the remains: describe the good social atmosphere and morality.

Confucius served as an official in Lu for several times. During his tenure, the politics of Lu was greatly improved: selling things without bargaining; Don't be alarmed when you drop something. People have their own personalities and refuse to take it as their own.

■ Enter the classroom: it means that you have reached a certain level or have been specially instructed by the teacher.

Zi Lu, a disciple of Confucius, is brave and brave. He played the harps in the Confucius family one day, and his voice was murderous, which made Confucius' taboo-benevolence. Naturally, Confucius didn't like it and it was inconvenient to attack, so he was dissatisfied. Boring! " As soon as Confucius' disciples heard that Old Master Q was dissatisfied with Zilu, they immediately changed their views and attitudes towards Zilu and despised him more and more.

Two revelations: it's better to live in peace in other people's homes;

for the boss, it is necessary to know how to do what he likes!

■ hearsay: generally refers to unfounded rumors

Confucius said: hearsay and smearing, and moral abandonment (smearing the same way)

It means that it is unacceptable to spread some unfounded words on the road.

There are many similar things that are turned around in a serious way. Are we too fragile and credulous, or is it too easy to incite emotions in the network? Be alert!

■ Being angry and forgetting to eat: describes studying hard and working hard.

Yin of a county in Chu asked his disciples to talk about his views on Confucius. His disciples were very careful and didn't say a word, so Yin of the county had to be unhappy. When Confucius learned this, he complained: Why didn't you say: My teacher was angry and forgot to eat, but he was happy and forgot his worries. Disciples immediately understood, and said with shame, "Teacher, I am confused. Now I finally understand. If someone asks me again in the future, I will answer it according to the teacher's instructions." When Confucius was comfortable, he smiled happily: "Good, good, good."

As the saying goes, wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley, but Confucius knows how to blow it at the right time. What a model for us to learn!

1. Meng Mu moved three times

Mencius' mother moved three times for him to have a good study environment.

2. Initiator

This idiom comes from Mencius Liang Huiwang: "Zhong Ni (Confucius) said: Initiator, there is no afterthought! It is also used for its elephant. "

During the Warring States Period, Mencius and Liang Huiwang once talked about the way of governing the country. Mencius asked Liang Huiwang, "Is there any difference between killing someone with a stick and killing someone with a knife?"

Liang Huiwang replied, "There is no difference."

Mencius asked again, "What's the difference between killing people with a knife and killing people with politics?"

Liang Huiwang said, "It's no different."

Mencius went on to say, "Now there is plenty of fat in the king's kitchen, and there are plenty of strong horses in the stable, but the people look hungry and there are starving people lying in the wild. This is the authority leading the beast to eat people! Think about it, King. Even though beasts eat each other, they are disgusting. How can those in power be good parents of ordinary people when they bring beasts to eat people? Confucius once said that the person who first started to use figurines (puppets or clay dolls that accompanied the dead to be buried in ancient times) was childless and had no descendants! You see, it is still impossible to use human-shaped earth dolls to be buried. How can people starve to death alive? "

according to Confucius' sentence "the initiator, there is nothing behind it", later generations refer to "the initiator" as an idiom, which means the first person to do a bad thing or the founder of a bad atmosphere.

3. pot calling the kettle black, pot calling the kettle black

During the Warring States period, the vassal kingdoms all adopted the plan of uniting Lian Heng, making friends far away and attacking near.

The wars have been going on year after year, which has made people in all countries suffer. Mencius saw it and decided to travel around the world to persuade those belligerent monarchs. Mencius came to the state of Liang and met the belligerent King Hui of Liang. Liang Huiwang said to Mencius, "I have tried my best to govern the country and care for the people, but I have not seen the increase of the people. What is the reason?"

Mencius replied, "Let me take war as an analogy! When the armies of the two sides meet on the battlefield, it is inevitable to have a fight. As a result of fighting, the defeated party will inevitably abandon its helmet and armor and run for its life. If a soldier runs slowly and only runs 5 steps, he will laugh at the soldier who runs 1 steps because he is afraid of death. "

Mencius finished the story and asked Liang Huiwang, "Is this right?" Liang Huiwang immediately said, "Of course not!" Mencius said, "Although you love the people, you like fighting, and the people will suffer. This is the same as fifty steps. "

Idioms are used to describe people who laugh at big defeats with small defeats. And "pot calling the kettle black" is used as a metaphor for different degrees, but the essence is the same.

One violence and ten cold

During the Warring States Period, the wind of a hundred schools of thought contending and lobbying was very popular. General lobbyists not only have profound knowledge and rich knowledge, but also have profound and vivid metaphors to satirize and persuade the rulers, which is the most prominent. Mencius was also a famous debater at that time. In the first article of "Mencius' accusation", there was such a record:

Mencius was very dissatisfied with Qi Wang's fatuity, lack of persistence in his work, and credulity in his slanderous remarks, so he bluntly said to him, "Wang is so unwise. Although there are creatures with strong vitality in the world, you bask them in the sun. "My time with the king is very short. Even if the king has a little determination to do good, but as soon as I leave you, those traitors will come to cajole you, and you will listen to them. What should I do?" According to this, he made a vivid analogy: "Playing chess seems like a trivial matter, but if you don't concentrate on it, you can't learn well and you won't win. Yiqiu is the best chess player in the country. He taught two disciples, one of whom was absorbed and listened to Yiqiu's guidance everywhere; The other is always afraid of a big swan coming, ready to shoot the goose with an arrow. The two apprentices were taught by a master and studied together, but the results of the latter were far from each other. It's not that their intelligence is different, but that their concentration is different. " This is a very instructive story. If we want to learn something and do it well, we must concentrate on it and work hard. If you do something today, leave it behind and do it ten days the next day, how can you do it well? The success of studying and doing things is also one of the decisive factors, so later people will say Mencius? quot; One day's violence and ten days' cold are reduced to the idiom "one day's violence and ten days' cold", which is used to describe a way of saying that you have no perseverance in studying and doing things and are unpredictable. For example, a classmate is very casual about studying, with less time to study and more time to waste, so we say: What can he learn from this practice of exposing himself to the cold?

(2) Take a look: "If there are people who are not addicted to killing, all the people in the world will take a look." (Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: If there is a monarch who is not easy to kill, then the people in the world will cran their necks to look forward to his rescue.

(3) A gentleman cooks from afar: "A gentleman cooks from afar." (King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: This is the reason why the monarch put the kitchen away from his own place.

(4) Be observant: "Knowing is enough to observe the end of autumn, but not seeing the salary, what about Wang Xu?" (Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: My eyesight can clearly see the fine hairs of autumn birds, but I can't see a car full of firewood in front of me.

(5) Carrying Mount Tai to overtake the North Sea: "Carrying Mount Tai to overtake the North Sea, people say,' I can't.' Yes, I can't. "(King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: I jumped over the North Sea with Mount Tai under my arm and told people," I can't do this. " This is really impossible.

(6) Seeking fish by the edge of the wood: "If you want what you want, you should seek fish by the edge of the wood." (Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: To satisfy your desire in this way is like climbing a tree to catch fish.

(7) Being outnumbered: "Being outnumbered cannot be outnumbered, and being weak cannot be overpowered." (Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: A country with a small population cannot be an enemy of a country with a large population, and a weak country cannot be an enemy of a strong country.

(8) having fun with the people: "There is nothing else but having fun with the people." ("King Hui of Liang") Interpretation: There is no other reason for this, just because of entertainment with the people.

(9) Joy in the world, worry about the world: "Joy in the world, worry about the world, but if you are not a king, you will have nothing." ("King Hui of Liang") Interpretation: It has never happened before that people in the world share worries and joys, so that the whole world cannot be surrendered to him. (Note: Fan Zhongyan's famous sentence "Worry about the world first, and then enjoy the world" is here.)

(1) Looking around, he said, "Wang Gu talks about him." (Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: The King of Qi turned his head and looked around, taking the topic elsewhere.

(11) Hot water: "If water is deeper, if fire is hotter, it will only be transported." ("King Hui of Liang") Interpretation: If the people of the Yan State are more affected by the water and the fire (referring to the deeper disaster), it is just that the rulers have changed from Yan to Qi.

(12) Save the people from fire and water: "Today, Yan abused its people, and Solo levied it. The people thought that they would save themselves in from the mire and eat pot pulp to welcome Julian Waghann." (King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: Now the monarch of the State of Yan mistreats the people. If you go to attack him, the people there think that you want to save them from the hot water, so they all welcome your army with dry rice in baskets and wine pulp in pots.

(13) Eat the kettle pulp: "Today, Yan abused its people, and Solo levied it. The people thought that they would save themselves in from the mire and eat the kettle pulp to welcome Julian Waghann." (King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: Now the monarch of the State of Yan mistreats the people. If you go to attack him, the people there think that you want to save them from the hot water, so they all welcome your army with dry rice in baskets and wine pulp in pots.

(14) renege: "quit! Those who are out of your way are also out of your way. " (Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: Be vigilant, be vigilant! How do you treat others, how will they repay you.

(15) solving the people's problems: "At present, Wan Cheng's country is benevolent, and the people are happy with it, but it is still difficult to solve the problem." (Gong Sun Chou) Interpretation: At this time, a big country with 1, personnel carriers implements benevolent policies, and the happiness of ordinary people seems to be saved by being hung upside down.

(16) Get twice the result with half the effort: "A man with an ancient story will get twice the result, only at this time." (Gong Sun Chou) Interpretation: Therefore, "getting twice the result with half the effort" is only possible in this era.

(17) Specific and subtle: "Ran Niu, Min Zi and Yan Yuan are specific and subtle." (Gong Sun Chou) Interpretation: Ran Niu, Min Zi and Yan Yuan are generally close to Confucius, but they are not as profound as him.

(18) Outstanding: "Out of its kind, it is outstanding, and it has never flourished in Confucius since it was born." (Gong Sun Chou) Interpretation: The sage is far beyond his class and much higher than his group. There is nothing greater than Confucius since the beginning of mankind.

(19) Sincerely convinced: "Those who serve others with virtue are pleased and sincerely convinced." ("Gong Sunchou") Interpretation: Only when people rely on morality to make them obey will they be completely convinced.

(2) ask for yourself: "If you miss, you won't complain about winning yourself, but ask for yourself." (Gong Sun Chou) Interpretation: (Archery) If you miss, don't blame those who are better than yourself, just ask yourself.