Interpretation of Confucius and Mencius' famous sayings
According to Mencius' theory, Monk (about 390~ 305 BC) was born in Zou (now Zou County, Shandong Province) during the Warring States Period. He claimed to be the successor of Confucianism, which was called Confucius and Mencius in history, that is, the so-called "Confucius and Mencius" way. In terms of political thought, Monk developed Kong Qiu's theory of "benevolence" and "virtue politics" and formed a complete thought of benevolent government. He divided the way of governing the country into "kingly way" and "overbearing way", and thought that only benevolent government could unify the world. Monk put forward the view that "the people are more important than the monarch" and said: "The people are more important, the country is second, and the monarch is lighter." "He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world" is his famous saying. He believes that the main measures to win the hearts of the people are "teaching the people" and "nurturing the people". Teach people to be moral, and raise people to protect their lives. He strongly opposes "abusing people" and "mobs". He believes that if people are hurt, they will lose the world. However, his thought of "Benevolent government and attaching importance to the people" is rooted in another thought. His argument that "those who do things govern the people, those who do things govern the people, those who govern the people eat people, and those who govern the people eat people" is to maintain a feudal monarchy order and prevent "thieves from rising", that is, to prevent the people from rising.