when Zhuang suddenly met Mencius, he said, "Violence is seen in the king, and the king talks about violence with pleasure, but violence is not right." Say, "What are you happy about?" Mencius said, "If the king is very happy, then the state of Qi is almost ordinary."
One day, Mencius was received by Qi Xuanwang. (Mencius told Xuanwang) He said, "The king once told Zhuang Bao about your love of music. Is that true?" King Xuan changed his face and said, "I don't like the elegant music of ancient holy kings, but I just like secular and popular music." (Mencius) said: "As long as the king (really) loves music, then the state of Qi is almost (governed). Today's music is the same as ancient music. " (Xuanwang) said, "Can you tell me about this?" (Mencius) asked, "Which is happier, enjoying music alone or enjoying music with others?" (Xuan Wang) said: "It is not as happy as enjoying music with others." (Mencius asked again): "Which is happier, enjoying music with a few people or enjoying music with many people?" (Xuanwang) Answer: "It is better to enjoy music with most people." Then Mencius said, "Please let me talk to the king about enjoying music. If the king is playing music here now, the people will feel headache when they hear your bells, drums, flutes and flutes, and they will tell each other sadly,' Why does our king love music so much that we are in such a bad state? Father and son can't meet, brothers run around, wives and children are separated. " If the king is hunting here now, the people will feel headache when they hear the sound of your horses and chariots and see the splendor of ceremonial ceremonies, and they will tell each other sadly,' Why did our king love hunting so much and make us fall into such a bad situation? Father and son can't meet, brothers run around, wives and children are separated. " There is no other reason (only you) not to be happy with the people. If the king plays music here, the people will happily tell each other when they hear the sound of the king's bell, drum, flute and flute, saying,' Our king is probably not ill, otherwise, how can he play music?' If the king is hunting here now, and the people hear the sound of the king's horses and chariots and see the splendor of the ceremonial ceremonies, they will tell each other happily,' Our king probably has no disease, otherwise, how can he hunt?' There is no other reason (just because you can) to be happy with the people! If the king can rejoice with the people now, he can unify the world. "