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

2. Only benevolent people should be in high positions. Being unkind and holding a high position is spreading evil to others.

3. Life is what I want; righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness.

4. I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit. It is Qi, which is extremely large and strong. If it is nourished directly without harm, it will be blocked between heaven and earth.

5. Without regular distance, it cannot form a square or circle. Without the six rhythms, the five tones cannot be corrected.

6. A place of hundreds of miles can be king.

7. Everyone has a heart of compassion; everyone has a heart of shame and disgust; everyone has a heart of respect; everyone has a heart of right and wrong. The heart of compassion is benevolence; the heart of shame and hatred is righteousness; the heart of respect is courtesy; the heart of right and wrong is wisdom. Benevolence, justice, propriety, and wisdom are not inherent in me, but they come from outside.

8. Power, then know the severity; degree, then know the length.

9. When the king is innocent, all the people in the world will come to an end.

10. Those who have gained the right will get many help, but those who have lost the right will have little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow.

11. For a five-acre house with mulberry trees, a person in his fifties can wear silk.

12. Mencius said that anyone who desires the emperor’s ten thousand chariots should take a thousand chariots within him, and become the princes of the emperor. There is no shortage of officials, why should they compete with each other? If they have more, they will win.

13. Without regular distance, it cannot form square members (circles). Without the six rhythms, the five tones cannot be corrected.

14. If the king and the people enjoy themselves together, then he is king.

15. A respectful person will not insult others, and a thrifty person will not take away from others.

16. Mencius retreated from Qi and Liang Dynasties and wrote about the ways of Yao and Shun. This great sage imitated the sage and was the author.

17. Educating talents and creating scholars is the foundation of the country.

18. People do not do anything, and then they can do something. People have to do something before they can do something.

19. Having fun alone or having fun with others, which one is happy?

20. A gentleman’s guarding, cultivating his body, and keeping the world in peace.

21. If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are ambitious, you will be good for the world.

22. Just as a thousand chariots capture ten thousand chariots, a hundred chariots capture a thousand chariots, and then you are full.

23. So he admired Zhongni and worried about the world, so he traveled among the princes with Confucianism and Taoism to help the people. However, because he refused to search in vain, the king at that time said that he was too broad-minded and too broad-minded, but in the end he could not listen to him.

24. The most important thing for a filial son is to respect his relatives; the most important thing for a filial son is to respect his relatives. As the son and father of the emperor, he should be respected to the highest extent; to be nourished by the world, he should be nourished to the highest level.

25. Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

26. If a person has good food, warm clothes, and a comfortable home without education, he is close to an animal. The sage is concerned about this, so he makes a covenant as a disciple and teaches human relations: father and son are related, monarch and ministers are righteous, husband and wife are distinguished, elders and young are orderly, and friends have trust.

27. If the king treats the people with benevolence, he will save punishments, reduce taxes and make farming easier, the strong will spend his spare time cultivating his filial piety, brotherhood and loyalty, going in to serve his father and brother, and going out to serve his superiors. It can be used to defeat Qin and Chu's strong armor and powerful soldiers.

28. The empty words I want to support are not as profound and clear as the actions.

29. If a king is benevolent, he will never be unkind; if he is righteous, he will never be unjust; if he is upright, he will never be unjust.

30. By changing the fields and reducing taxes, the people can become rich.

31. Only the wise will enjoy this ear. It is said that if you practice the way of Yao and Shun, the country will be peaceful, so you will feel happy to have this. Unvirtuous people will lose their country and destroy their family. Even if they have this, they will be robbed by others, so they cannot be happy.

32. Civil matters cannot be postponed.

33. Mencius said that he ordered his ministers and common people to abandon their benevolence and righteousness first, and to seek self-interest first, and then they did not kill each other, so they were not enough to satisfy themselves. If you say it, you will kill and seize.

34. A wise man will be happy later. Even if an unworthy person has this, he will not be happy.

35. Dogs eat human food without knowing how to detect it;

36. The most important thing for people to know each other is to know each other. The most important thing for people to know each other is to understand each other.

37. The three treasures of princes: land, people, and political affairs. Those who have precious stones and jade will surely suffer disaster.

38. The benevolent are invincible.

39. If there are fat horses in the stables, the people are hungry, and there are hungry weeds in the wild, they will lead the beasts to eat people.

40. There are five reasons why a gentleman teaches: those who are transformed by timely rain, those who become virtuous, those who achieve wealth, those who answer questions, and those who are private and courteous. These five are what the gentleman teaches.

41. Confucius climbed the Dongshan Mountain and made the world small. He climbed the Mount Tai and made the world small.

42. Wealth cannot be fornicated, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be subdued.

43. Respect the teachings of Xiangxu, apply the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood, and award the white ones to live up to the road.

44. Born in sorrow, died in happiness.

45. Wealth cannot be fornicated, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be subdued. A respectful person does not insult others, a thrifty person does not take away from others.

46. To nourish the heart is not to be good at having few desires.

47. The only benevolent person is to be able to consider big things as small things. This is the story of Tang's affairs with Ge, and King Wen's affairs with Kunyi.

48. If the king is very happy, then Qi will have almost no common people.

49. Those who thieve benevolence are called "thieves", and those who thieve righteousness are called "crippling". Those who are crippled thieves are called "one husband". I have heard of the execution of one husband, Zhou, but I have not heard of regicide.

50. Kindness brings honor, while unkindness brings disgrace.

51. If everyone from the top to the bottom, including the scholars and common people, takes their benefits, the country will be in danger, chaos and destruction. The king calls the country a question, the officials ask questions about the family, and the scholars and common people ask questions about the body.

52. There are things people don’t do, and then they can do something.

53. A gentleman is always kind to others.

54. Old people are like old people and people are old; young people are like young people and people are young.

55. The only thing that determines the world is benevolent government.

56. The best thing about people’s troubles is to be a teacher.

57. Save penalties, reduce taxes, and make farming easier.

58. Those who enjoy the happiness of the people will also enjoy the happiness of the people; those who care about the worries of the people will also worry about the worries of the people.

59. I am good at cultivating the awe-inspiring spirit.

60. When looking at King Xiang from afar, he does not look like a human king, and he says that no one has the majesty and dignity of a king; when he approaches him and does not see what he is afraid of, he says that there is no one who can handle the power of a king.