Although Mencius' famous saying about "gentleman" is inappropriate in criticizing strategists, the famous saying that "wealth can't be lewd, power can't be bent" still shines brightly, inspiring many people with lofty ideals in history and becoming their motto of upholding justice without fear of violence.
Appreciation of works:
Jingchun thinks that Gongsun Yan and Zhang Yi can control the vassals and provoke wars between countries. "When the princes are angry, they fear, and the world dies." This is a great man.
Mencius believed that Gongsun Yan and Zhang Yizhi climbed up by shaking their lips and obeying the wishes of the governors, and there was no principle of benevolence, righteousness and morality. Therefore, they are just villains and women, and they are pursuing the "way of concubinage". How can they be brave people?
Mencius only used "courtesy" to explain a woman's mother's instructions when she got married, and thus concluded that "those who take obedience as the right path are also concubines." What deserves our attention here is that the ancients thought that a wife's way was like a minister's way. Of course, I should obey you, but the principle of obedience is justice. If you are unfair, I will protest.
The same is true of a wife to her husband. Of course, a wife should obey her husband. However, if the husband has, he should persuade her to correct it. It should be "harmony but difference". Mencius believes that this "concubine's way" can not be generally understood as a woman's way, but actually a "little wife's way", and only Confucianism's benevolence and courtesy is the "gentleman's way".