On Teng Wengong's chapters and sentences from Mencius
The original sentence is: Mencius said: success depends on the people, and it cannot be left to its own devices.
Extended data:
Mencius (about 372- 289 BC) was born in Zou (now southeast of Zou County, Shandong Province) in the middle of the Warring States Period, not far from Qufu, the hometown of Confucius. He is a famous thinker, politician, educator, the successor of Confucius' theory and an important representative of Confucianism.
According to legend, Mencius is a descendant of Lu nobles. He lost his father when he was a child, and his family was poor. He was a student of Zisi. After finishing his studies, he lobbied the governors as scholars in an attempt to promote his own political views, and successively went to Liang (Wei), Qi, Song, Teng and Lu. At that time, several big countries devoted themselves to enriching their troops and striving for reunification through violent means. He inherited Confucius' thought of "benevolence" and developed it into "benevolent government", which was called "elegant sage".
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