The initiator
This idiom comes from Mencius Liang Huiwang: "Zhong Ni (Confucius) said: The initiator, there is no afterthought! It is also used for its elephant. "
During the Warring States Period, Mencius and Liang Huiwang once talked about the way of governing the country. Mencius asked Liang Huiwang, "Is there any difference between killing someone with a stick and killing someone with a knife?" Liang Huiwang replied, "There is no difference."
Mencius asked again, "What's the difference between killing people with a knife and killing people with politics?" Liang Huiwang said, "It's no different."
Mencius went on to say, "Now there is plenty of fat in the king's kitchen, and there are plenty of strong horses in the stable, but the people look hungry and there are starving people lying in the wild. This is the authority leading the beast to eat people! Think about it, King. Even though beasts eat each other, they are disgusting. How can those in power be good parents of ordinary people when they bring beasts to eat people? Confucius once said that the person who first started to use figurines (puppets or clay dolls that accompanied the dead to be buried in ancient times) was childless and had no descendants! You see, it is still impossible to use human-shaped earth dolls to be buried. How can people starve to death alive? "
according to Confucius' sentence "the initiator, there is nothing behind it", later generations refer to "the initiator" as an idiom, which means the first person to do a bad thing or the founder of a bad atmosphere.
pot calling the kettle black, pot calling the kettle black
During the Warring States Period, vassal kingdoms all adopted the plan of uniting Lian Heng, making friends far away and attacking near. The war has been going on for years, which has suffered the people of all countries. Mencius saw it and decided to travel around the world to persuade those belligerent monarchs. Mencius came to the state of Liang and met the belligerent King Hui of Liang. Liang Huiwang said to Mencius, "I have tried my best to govern the country and care for the people, but I have not seen the increase of the people. What is the reason?"
Mencius replied, "Let me take war as an analogy! When the armies of the two sides meet on the battlefield, it is inevitable to have a fight. As a result of fighting, the defeated party will inevitably abandon its helmet and armor and run for its life. If a soldier runs slowly and only runs 5 steps, he will laugh at the soldier who runs 1 steps because he is afraid of death. "
Mencius finished the story and asked Liang Huiwang, "Is this right?" Liang Huiwang immediately said, "Of course not!" Mencius said, "Although you love the people, you like fighting, and the people will suffer. This is the same as fifty steps. "
later, it is a metaphor for those who laugh at big defeats with small defeats. And "pot calling the kettle black" is used as a metaphor for different degrees, but the essence is the same.
One violent attack and ten cold
Mencius was very dissatisfied with Qi Wang's fatuity, lack of persistence and credulity, so he said rudely to him, "Wang is so unwise. Although there are creatures with strong vitality in the world, you exposed it to the sun for one day, but frozen it in a cold place for ten days. It is still alive there!" "My time with the king is very short. Even if the king has a little determination to do good, but as soon as I leave you, those traitors will come to cajole you, and you will listen to them. What should I do?" According to this, he made a vivid analogy: "Playing chess seems like a trivial matter, but if you don't concentrate on it, you can't learn well and you won't win. Yiqiu is the best chess player in the country. He taught two disciples, one of whom was absorbed and listened to Yiqiu's guidance everywhere; The other is always afraid of a big swan coming, ready to shoot the goose with an arrow. The two apprentices were taught by a master and studied together, but the results of the latter were far from each other. It's not that their intelligence is different, but that their concentration is different. " This is a very instructive story. If we want to learn something and do it well, we must concentrate on it and work hard. If you do something today, leave it behind and do it ten days the next day, how can you do it well? The success of studying and doing things is also one of the decisive factors, so "one violence and ten cold" is used to describe the lack of perseverance in studying and doing things and the impermanence of quitting school.
Idiom
A gentleman is far away from the kitchen, and he is observant of the autumn. He relies on Mount Tai to seek fish outnumbered by the trees on the northern edge of the sea, and enjoys the people.
Being in hot water, he enjoys the world, and worrying about eating the kettle pulp in the world is twice the result with half the effort ("Out of its kind, it is outstanding, and it has not flourished in Confucius since the birth of the people." ) be completely convinced and be kind to others
It is more than enough to blame others for this moment, and then give up on yourself. Why do you say this? Dancing around the clock, thriving day and night, and devoting yourself to life? "If you are poor, you will be immune to it, and if you reach it, you will help the world."
If you don't follow the rules, you won't be Fiona Fang's commandment to break the weaving.
Famous saying
People can do something if they don't, and then they can do something. The official of the heart thinks, thinks and gets it, and does not think.
the son of heaven is heartless and does not protect the four seas; The princes are heartless and do not protect the country; Doctor Qing is heartless and does not protect the ancestral temple; Shu Ren was heartless, and he didn't protect his four bodies.
the monarch is kind, and the world is invincible. The benevolent is invincible.
I am old, and people are old; Young, young, and young people.
the people are the most important, followed by the country, and the monarch is the least. If you lose the world, you will lose your people; He who loses his people loses his heart.
everyone can think of Yao and Shun. Wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent. This is called a gentleman.
it's better to nourish the heart than to be greedy.
those who love others will always love them; Those who respect others will always respect them.
a gentleman has three pleasures, while a king has nothing to do with the world. Parents are there, brothers are happy for no reason; Yang is worthy of the sky, and he does not care about people, and he is also happy; It's three pleasures to get the talents in the world and educate them.
it's better to believe in the book than not to have it.
(2) Take a look: "If there are people who are not addicted to killing, all the people in the world will take a look."
(King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: If there is a monarch who is not easy to kill, then people all over the world will cran their necks to look forward to his rescue.
(3) A gentleman cooks from afar: "A gentleman cooks from afar." (King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: This is the reason why the monarch put the kitchen away from his own place.
(4) Be observant: "Knowing is enough to observe the end of autumn, but not seeing the salary, what about Wang Xu?"
(Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: My eyesight can clearly see the fine hairs of birds in autumn, but I can't see a car full of firewood in front of me.
(5) Carrying Mount Tai to overtake the North Sea: "Carrying Mount Tai to overtake the North Sea, people say,' I can't.' Yes, I can't.
(Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: I jumped over the North Sea with Mount Tai under my arm and told people, "I can't do this." This is really impossible.
(6) Seeking fish by the edge of the wood: "If you want what you want, you should seek fish by the edge of the wood."
(Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: To satisfy your desire in this way is like climbing a tree to catch fish.
(7) Being outnumbered: "Being outnumbered cannot be outnumbered, and being weak cannot be overpowered."
(Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: A sparsely populated country cannot be an enemy of a populous country, and a weak country cannot be an enemy of a powerful country.
(8) having fun with the people: "There is nothing else but having fun with the people." ("King Hui of Liang") Interpretation: There is no other reason for this, just because of entertainment with the people.
(9) Joy in the world, worry about the world: "Joy in the world, worry about the world, but if you are not a king, you will have nothing."
(King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: It's never happened that people in the world share worries and joys, so that the whole world can't submit to him. (Note: Fan Zhongyan's famous sentence "Worry about the world first, and then enjoy the world" is here.)
(1) Looking around, he said, "Wang Gu talks about him." (Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: The King of Qi turned his head and looked around, taking the topic elsewhere.
(11) Hot water: "If water is deeper, if fire is hotter, it will only be transported."
(King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: If the people of Yan State are more affected by the water and the fire (which means the disaster is deeper), it is just that the rulers have changed from Yan to Qi.
(12) Save the people from fire and water: "Today, Yan abused its people, and Solo levied it. The people thought that they would save themselves in from the mire and eat pot pulp to welcome Julian Waghann."
(King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: Now the monarch of the State of Yan mistreats the people, and you go to attack him. The people there think that you want to save them from the hot water, so they all welcome your troops with dry rice in baskets and wine pulp in pots.
(13) Eat the kettle pulp: "Today, Yan abused its people, and Solo levied it. The people thought that they would save themselves in from the mire and eat the kettle pulp to welcome Julian Waghann."
(King Hui of Liang) Interpretation: Now the monarch of the State of Yan mistreats the people, and you go to attack him. The people there think that you want to save them from the hot water, so they all welcome your troops with dry rice in baskets and wine pulp in pots.
(14) renege: "quit! Those who are out of your way are also out of your way. "
(Liang Huiwang) Interpretation: Be vigilant, be vigilant! How do you treat others, how will they repay you.
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Solving the problem of people's suspension: "At present, Wan Cheng's country is benevolent, and the people are happy with it, but it is still difficult to solve the problem." (Gong Sun Chou) Interpretation: At this time, a big country with 1, personnel carriers implements benevolent policies, and the happiness of ordinary people seems to be saved by being hung upside down.