A summary of Mencius’s famous sayings is as follows

1. It is better to have no books than to believe in books

2. Without rules, you cannot form a circle

3. Born from sorrow and died in peace and happiness

4. The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least.

5. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the good place is not as good as the people

6. If you are poor, you can be good for yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world

7. When you are alive, do things with etiquette; after death, bury people with etiquette and offer sacrifices with etiquette, which can be called filial piety

8. Being tireless in learning is wisdom; being tireless in teaching is benevolence. Being benevolent and wise, the Master is a sage

9. When I am old, I am like the old of others; when I am young, I am like the young of others. .The world can be transported in the palm of my hand

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

11. The weather is not as good as the right place , the geographical advantage is not as good as that of human beings

12. It is violent in one day, cold in ten days, no one can survive

13. A leaf blinds the eyes, and Mount Tai cannot be seen

14. Taking fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps

15. Fish is what I want; bear’s paws are also what I want. You cannot have both, and you will give up fish and take bear’s paws. Life is what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. You cannot have both, and you are willing to give up life for righteousness

16. Without rules, there is no way to make a circle

17. Those who have attained the right will get many help, while those who have lost the right will have little help.

18. Father and son have relatives, monarch and ministers have friendship, husband and wife should be separated, elders and young are in order, and friends have trust

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

20. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not follow them. Having both parents and brothers without any reason is one kind of happiness; looking up to Heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second kind of happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third kind of happiness. A gentleman has three pleasures, but the king of the world will not live with them

21. The old and the old are as old as the people; the young and the young are as young as the people

22. Power, and then you know the importance; Once you know each other, you will know the right and wrong

23. The most important thing for people to know each other is to know each other. p>25. He who loses the world loses his people; he who loses his people loses his heart

26. The foundation of the world, the foundation of a country is at home, and the foundation of a family is in the body

27. I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit

28. Only being filial to my parents can relieve my worries

29. The most important thing to be a filial son is to respect your relatives

30. Nurturing the heart Don’t be good at having few desires