Those who have attained the right will receive many help, while those who have lost the right will receive little help. (Mencius Gongsun Chou)

The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. (Mencius: Do your best)

There are times when people don’t do anything, and then they can do something. (Mencius·Li Louxia)

If you are poor, you can only benefit yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world. (Mencius: Be dedicated)

The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. (Mencius Gongsun Chou)

Zi climbed the East Mountain and made Lu small; he climbed Mount Tai and made the world small. (Mencius·Dedicate oneself to one's heart)

Wealth and honor cannot be fornicated, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered. This is a true man. (Mencius Teng Wengong)

The old and the old are in harmony with the old; the young and the young are in harmony with the young. (Mencius, II. King Hui of Liang)

(1) Without rules, there will be no circle. Translation: Without compasses and rulers, squares and circles cannot be drawn correctly. Do things with principles.

(2) Right, then you know the severity; degree, then you know the length. Only by weighing a translation can one know its importance; only by measuring it can one know its length. Been a prophet

(3) People have to do something, and then they can do something. The translator has to do something in order to be able to do something.

(4) Although there are things that are easy to grow in the world, if they are violent in one day and cold in ten days, nothing can survive. Translation Even if there is a plant that is the easiest to grow, if it is exposed to the sun for one day and then frozen for ten days, nothing will grow again.

(5) Those who advance sharply will retreat quickly. Translation: People who move forward too quickly will retreat too quickly.

(6) The organ of the heart is thinking, and thinking is what you get, and if you don’t think, you can’t get it. Translation: The organ of the heart is responsible for thinking. Only by thinking can we obtain things, but without thinking we cannot obtain them.

(7) Born in sorrow and died in happiness. The translation survives due to sorrow and declines due to addiction to peace and happiness.

The elders and younger ones are in order. ——Mencius

When I am old, I am in harmony with others; when I am young, I am in harmony with others. The world can be transported in the palm of your hand. ——Mencius

The most important thing for a filial son is to respect his relatives. ——Mencius

Only being filial to your parents can relieve your worries. ——Mencius

Father and son are related, monarch and ministers are righteous, husband and wife are distinguished, elders and young are in order, and friends have trust. ——Mencius

Which one is greater? It is the greatest thing to do things closely; to protect oneself, which one is greater? Keep your body intact. I have heard of those who can serve their relatives without losing their bodies; I have not heard of those who can serve their relatives without losing their bodies. What's wrong? Serving relatives is the foundation of everything; who doesn't keep it? Keeping oneself is the foundation of keeping oneself. ——Mencius

The true form of benevolence is to serve relatives; the true form of righteousness is to obey elder brothers. ——Mencius

If you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a human being; if you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a son. ——Mencius

A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them. Having both parents and having brothers without any reason is one happiness; looking up to Heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third happiness. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them. ——Mencius

There are five so-called unfilial persons in the world, four of which are laziness and neglect of parents' support. The third kind of unfilial piety is to ignore the support of one's parents; the fourth kind of unfilial piety is to kill one's parents according to the desires of one's ears and eyes; the fifth kind of unfilial piety is to be brave and aggressive and endanger one's parents.

——Mencius