1. Without rules, there is no circle.

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

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

4. Although there are things that are easy to grow in the world, if they are violent in one day and cold in ten days, nothing can survive.

5. Those who advance sharply will retreat quickly.

6. The organ of the heart is thinking. If you think, you will get it. If you don’t think, you won’t get it.

7. Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

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

9. If the emperor is unkind, he will not protect the world; if the princes are unkind, he will not protect the country; if the ministers are unkind, they will not protect the ancestral temple; if the common people are unkind, they will not protect the four bodies.

10. If the king is benevolent, he will be invincible in the world.

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

12. The benevolent are invincible.

13. For a five-acre house with mulberry trees, a person in his fifties can wear silk clothes. Chickens, dolphins, dogs, and pigs are all animals that have not lost their season. Those who are seventy years old can eat meat. Don't take away a hundred acres of land, and a family of several people will not be hungry. I sincerely follow the teachings of Xiangxu, apply the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood, and award the white ones to live up to the road.

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

15. 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 unrighteous.

16. Those who enjoy the people's happiness will also enjoy their happiness; those who worry about the people's worries will also worry about their worries.

17. Kindness brings honor, while unkindness brings disgrace.

18. Those who have permanent property have perseverance, and those who do not have perseverance have no perseverance. If you don't have perseverance, you will do everything you can to ward off evil spirits.

19. Fight for land and kill people to fill the fields; fight for cities and kill people to fill the city. This so-called taking advantage of the land and eating human flesh is a crime not punishable by death.

20. If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as his fellow countrymen; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as their king. Like a bandit.

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

22. Old people, I am old, and people are old; young people, I am young, and people are young.

23. Mencius said: The nature of water is not divided into east and west, nor is it divided into upper and lower? The goodness of human nature is like water flowing down. There is no bad person, and there is no water that cannot flow. Today, if the water is stroking and leaping, it can be carried over the river; if it is stirred and moved, it can be carried up the mountain. Is this the nature of water? The momentum is just like that! People can do bad things, but their nature is still the same.

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

25. It is not benevolent to kill someone without sin, and it is not righteous to take something that does not exist.

26. Those who rebel against benevolence are called "thieves", and those who rebel against 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.

27. The wise are in office and the capable are in office.

28. Respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and the heroes will reign.

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

30. A city of three miles and a country of seven miles can be surrounded and attacked without victory. If you attack Huhuan, you will definitely get the right time. However, if you don't win, the right time is not as good as the right place.

31. The city is not too high, the pond is not not deep, the army and revolution are not not strong and powerful, and the rice and millet are not not abundant. If we leave them alone, the geographical advantage is not as good as the people.

32. Therefore, it is said: The people of the region do not rely on the boundaries of the frontier, the country does not rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and the power of the world does not rely on the benefits of military revolution. Those who have attained the truth will receive much help, while those who have lost the truth will receive little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow. If the world is in obedience, attack where the relatives are. Therefore, if a gentleman does not fight, he will win in battle.

32. Mencius said: "When Heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and disturb his actions, so he is tempted. Patience has been beneficial to those who cannot do it.

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