Mencius said: "To love others without being close to them is against their benevolence; to treat others without treating them is against their wisdom; to be courteous to others without answering them is against their respect - Anyone who fails to do something will turn to others, and his body will be upright. And the world returns to you." (Li Lou Shang)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "If you love others but they don't get close to you, then you should reflect on whether your kindness is enough; if you manage the people but you can't control them. Well, you have to reflect on whether you are smart enough; if you treat others politely and do not reciprocate, you must reflect on whether you are respectful enough. If any behavior does not achieve results, you must check yourself. As long as you are correct, the people of the world will be. I submit to you."

Mencius said: "People have always said that the foundation of the world is the country, the foundation of the country is the home, and the foundation of the family is the body." (Li Lou Shang)< /p>

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "People have a common saying, and they all say 'the world and the country'. The foundation of the world lies in the country, the foundation of the country lies in the family, and the foundation of the family lies in the individual."

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Mencius said: "A wife must insult herself, and then others will insult her; a family must destroy herself, and then others will destroy it; a country must cut down on itself, and then others will cut it down." (Li Lou Shang)

< p>[Translation] (Mencius said:) "Only when a person has a self-insulting behavior can others insult him; when a family has its own reasons for destruction, can others destroy it; when a country has its own reasons for being attacked , others will attack it."

Mencius said: "There is a reputation for not being afraid, but there is a reputation for seeking perfection." (Li Lou Shang)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) " There are unexpected praises, and there are also harsh slanders.”

Mencius said: “It is easy for people to change their words.” (Li Lou 1)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "If a person says everything easily, there will be no need to blame him."

Mencius said: "People The trouble is that he is good at being a teacher." (Li Lou 1)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "A person's bad habit (which hinders his own progress) is that he is so complacent that he always likes to be someone else's. "Teacher."

Mencius said: "Zhong Ni is not a person who does not know what to do." Mencius said: "If Xizi is unclean, everyone will cover their noses and pass by. Even if there are evil people, they can worship God by fasting and bathing." (Li Lou 2)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "If Xi Zishi is dirty, others will cover their noses when they walk by her; even though she is an ugly person, if she is fasting and bathing, You can also offer sacrifices to God."

Mencius said: "There are five so-called unfilial people in the world: the four branches of Sui are unfilial, regardless of the support of parents; the first is unfilial; the desire for gambling and drinking, the second is unfilial. Also: being greedy for money and having a private wife, and not caring about the support of parents, are three unfilial acts; following the desires of the ears and eyes and killing one's parents are four unfilial acts; being brave and fighting fiercely to endanger one's parents are five unfilial acts." (Li Lou Xia)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "People in the world often say that there are five things that are unfilial: being lazy in limbs and not caring about their parents' lives is unfilial; being fond of playing chess and drinking alcohol is unfilial. The second is unfilial piety: being greedy for money, favoring wives and children, and not caring about parents' lives is the third unfilial piety; the fourth is unfilial piety when indulging the desires of the eyes and ears brings shame to parents; the fifth is unfilial piety by being brave and prone to fighting, which endangers parents. ”

Mencius said: “Everyone has a heart of compassion; everyone has a heart of shame and disgust; everyone has a heart of respect; everyone has a heart of right and wrong.” The heart of compassion is benevolence; the heart of shame and hatred is righteousness; the heart of respect is courtesy; the heart of right and wrong is wisdom. Benevolence, justice, propriety, and wisdom are not inherent in me, but they come from outside. "(Gaozi 1)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "Everyone has the heart to sympathize with others; everyone has the heart to be ashamed; everyone has the heart to respect others. Everyone has it; everyone has the heart to distinguish right from wrong. Sympathy belongs to benevolence, shame and disgust belong to righteousness, respect belongs to propriety, and the heart of right and wrong belongs to wisdom. This benevolence, justice, propriety and wisdom are not imposed on me by outsiders. They are inherent in me, but I just didn’t think about pursuing them. "

Mencius said: "Benevolence refers to the human heart; righteousness refers to the way of a person. It is a pity to abandon one's way but not to follow it, to let go of one's heart and not know what to ask for! If a person has chickens and dogs to let loose, he will know how to seek them; if he has peace of mind, he will not know how to seek them. There is no other way to learn, just ask for peace of mind. " (Gaozi 1)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "Benevolence is the heart of man, and righteousness is the way of man. It’s so sad to give up on the right path and not pursue it, and to lose your conscience and not ask for help! When people lose their chickens and dogs, they know how to look for them. When they lose their conscience, they don’t know how to look for it. The principle of learning is nothing more than finding the lost conscience. ”

Mencius said: “The Tung Catalpa in the arch is a tree that people want to grow, and everyone knows how to nourish it.” As for the body, if you don’t know how to nourish it, how can you love your body any less than Tongzi? Firth is nothing. "(Gaozi 1)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "There are only one or two thick tung trees and catalpa trees. If people want to make them grow, they all know how to cultivate them. As for myself, I don’t know how to cultivate it. Isn’t it better to love yourself than to love the tung tree and the catalpa tree? It's so mindless. ”

Mencius said: “There are noble and inferior bodies, big and small. Nothing can harm the great with the small, and nothing can harm the noble with the humble. Those who raise others are small people, and those who raise them big are adults.

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[Translation] (Mencius said:) "The body has important parts and unimportant parts, and there are big and small parts. Don't protect small parts at the expense of large parts, and don't protect minor parts at the expense of important parts. A person who only cares for small parts of his body is a villain with low morals, while a person who cares for large parts of his body is a noble gentleman."

Mencius said: "People cannot be shameless. . "(With all my heart)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "People cannot be without shame. The kind of shame that does not know shame is the real shame. "

Cao Jiao asked: "Everyone can be Yao and Shun, but how many of them are there? "

Mencius said: "Yes. " (Part 2 of the Report)

[Translation] Cao Jiao asked: "Everyone can become a good person like Yao and Shun. Is this true? "

Mencius said: "Yes. ”

Mencius said: “Shame is great for people. It is a skillful person who has no use for shame.” If you are not ashamed and not like a human being, why should you be like a human being? "(Dedicate your heart)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "The heart of shame is of great importance to people. People who engage in deceitful and speculative things have no place to use shame. If you are not ashamed of not being able to catch up with others, how can you catch up with others? ”

Mencius said: “The hungry are willing to eat, and the thirsty are willing to drink. This is the right way of eating and drinking, and drinking thirsty is harmful.” Is it not only the food and the stomach that are harmful to hunger and thirst? Human hearts are also harmful. If a person does not regard the harm of hunger and thirst as harm to his heart, then he is inferior to a person who does not worry about it. "(Watch your heart)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "Whatever a hungry person eats is delicious, and what a thirsty person drinks is sweet. This is because they do not taste the normal taste of drinking water and food. , because hunger and thirst impaired his sense of taste. Are only the mouth, tongue and stomach affected by hunger and thirst? Human hearts are similarly damaged. If people can prevent the damage caused by hunger and thirst from becoming damage to the human heart, then they will not worry about being inferior to others. ”

Mencius said: “Those who talk about the near but point to the far are good at speaking; those who keep their promises and show kindness are good at teaching.” The words of a gentleman are as long as the Tao remains intact; the words of a gentleman are kept as long as the body is cultivated and the world is at peace. When a person is sick, he abandons his own land and joins others' fields - those who ask for others are more important, but those who ask for it are less important. "(Jin Xin Xia)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "Words that are simple but far-reaching are good words; using simple but wide-reaching methods are good ways. The words of a gentleman may seem ordinary but they contain profound moral principles; the conduct of a gentleman starts with cultivating oneself and then achieves peace in the world. The problem with most people is that they put down their own fields and plow other people's fields instead of planting them - they have very strict requirements on others, but they bear very little on themselves. ”

Mencius said: “The best way to nourish your heart is to have few desires.” As a person, he also has few desires, even if there are some who don't have them, he is a few; as a person, he also has many desires, although there are some who have them, he is a few. "(The best way to cultivate one's mind)

[Translation] (Mencius said:) "The best way to cultivate one's mind is to reduce material desires. If a person does not have many desires, his good nature will be somewhat lost, but not much; if a person has many desires, his good nature will be preserved, but very little.

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