Jingchun said: "Aren't Gongsun Yan and Zhang Yi not honest men? When they are angry, the princes are afraid, and the world is destroyed when they live in peace." Mencius said: "How can you be a man? You have not learned etiquette. ? When a husband is given a crown, his father orders it; when a woman is married, her mother orders her, and she goes to the door to give him a warning, saying: "When you go to your daughter's house, you must respect her and do not disobey your master." The concubine's way is to live in the world, establish the right position in the world, and follow the path of the world. If you don't have the ambition, you can't be licentious, you can't be poor, you can't be subdued by force. He is called a true man."

Translation

Jing Chun said: "Aren't Gongsun Yan and Zhang Yi true men of ambition and deeds? When there is peace, the world will be at peace." Mencius said: "How can this be considered a man with ambition and achievements? Haven't you learned etiquette? When a man performs the crowning ceremony, his father teaches him; when a woman gets married, her mother teaches her, He walked her to the door and warned her: "When you arrive at your husband's house, you must be respectful and cautious, and do not disobey your husband!" Taking obedience as a rule is the way for a woman to live in the most spacious house in the world, "Benevolence". , stand on the most correct position in the world, "Li", and walk on the broadest road in the world, "Yi"; when you can realize your ideals, follow the right path with the people; when you cannot realize your ideals, walk your own path alone. Wealth cannot confuse his mind, poverty cannot shake his integrity, and power cannot bend his will. This is called a man with ambition and achievements."

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Notes

⑴ Jingchun: A contemporary of Mencius and a strategist. ⑵ Gongsun Yan: A native of the Wei state during the Warring States Period, he was a political strategist. He was the prime minister of the Qin state, and he also had the seal of the five kingdoms.

⑶Zhang Yi: A native of Wei during the Warring States Period, a political strategist, and King Hui of Qin