1) If you don’t follow the rules, you won’t be able to form a circle.
The translation cannot draw squares and circles correctly without compasses and rulers.
(2) Right, then determine the severity; degree, then know the length.
Only when the translation is weighed can one know its importance; only by measuring it can one know its length.
(3) People do not do anything, and then they can do something.
The translator must not do anything before he 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.
Translation Even if there is a plant that is the easiest to grow, if it is exposed to the sun for one day and then frozen for ten days, nothing will grow again.
(5) Those who advance sharply will retreat quickly.
Translation: People who move forward too quickly will retreat too quickly.
(6) The organ of the heart is thinking, and if you think, you can get it, and if you don’t think, you can’t get it.
Translation: The organ of the heart is responsible for thinking. Only by thinking can we obtain, but without thinking we cannot obtain.
(7) Born in sorrow and died in happiness.
Translation: Sorrow and suffering are enough to make people survive, and comfort and happiness are enough to make people die.
(8) Only benevolent people should be in high positions. Being unkind and holding a high position is spreading evil to others.
Translation Only benevolent people with high moral standards should be in a dominant position. If an unkind person with low morals is in a dominant position, his evil will be spread to the masses.
(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 officials are unkind, they will not protect the ancestral temple; if the scholars and common people are unkind, they will not protect the four bodies.
Translation: If the emperor is not benevolent, he cannot preserve his empire; if the princes are not benevolent, they cannot preserve their country; if ministers and officials are not benevolent, they cannot preserve their ancestral temples; if ordinary people are not benevolent, they cannot preserve their own country. Body.
(10) If the king is benevolent, he will be invincible in the world.
Translation: If the monarch of a country loves benevolence, there will be no rivals in the world.
(11) Save penalties, reduce taxes, and make farming easier (n^u).
The translation reduces penalties and reduces taxes, so that people can cultivate deeply and carefully and get rid of filthy weeds early.
(12) The benevolent are invincible.
Translation: A man of kindness is invincible in the world.
Mencius’ famous saying:
It is better to have no books than to believe in all the books. (Mencius·Jinxin)
Be born in sorrow and die in happiness. (Mencius, Part 2 of Gaozi)
If you are in the right way, you will get a lot of help, but if you are not in the right way, you will get little help. (Mencius Gongsun Chou)
The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. (Mencius: Do your best)
There are times when people don’t do anything, and then they can do something. (Mencius, Part 2 of Li Lou)
If you are poor, you can only benefit yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world. (Mencius: Be dedicated)
The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. (Mencius Gongsun Chou)
Zi climbed the East Mountain and made Lu small, climbed Mount Tai and made the world small. (Mencius·Dedicate oneself to one's heart)
Wealth and honor cannot lead to sexual immorality, poverty and lowliness cannot move, and power cannot bend. (Mencius·Teng Wengong)
The old and the old are in harmony with the old; the young and the young are in harmony with the young. (Mencius·His Majesty King Hui of Liang
The most important thing for a filial son is to respect his relatives; the most important thing to respect his relatives is to support him in the world. As the son and father of the emperor, he respects him most; to support him in the world, he nourishes him to the highest extent. - - Mencius
There are five things that are called unfilial in the world: the four branches of love are not caring about the support of parents, the first is unfilial; the abandonment of drinking and not caring about the support of parents is unfilial; the second is being unfilial; being fond of goods and wealth, and having an unfilial wife, The third kind of unfilial piety is to ignore the support of one's parents; the fourth kind of unfilial piety is to kill one's parents according to the desires of one's ears and eyes; the fifth kind of unfilial piety is to be brave and aggressive and endanger one's parents. - Mencius
Mencius" Famous Quotes by Mencius. Said: "When I am old, I am as old as the others; as young as I am, I am as young as the others."
"Mencius: King Hui of Liang, Part 1"
Mencius said: "Happy people. If you are happy, the people will also be happy; if you are concerned about the people's worries, the people will also be worried about them.
He is happy with the world and worried about the world. However, there is no one who is not a king. "
"Mencius: King Hui of Liang"
Mencius said: "I know words, and I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit. "
"Mencius·Gongsun Chou"
Mencius said: "If you respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and if the heroes are in power, then all the people in the world will be happy and willing to stand in their dynasty. ”
"Mencius·Gongsun Chou"
Mencius said: "The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people." "
" Mencius·Gongsun Chouxia"
Mencius said: "Those who have gained the Tao will receive many help, but those who have lost the Tao will have few. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow. "
"Mencius·Gongsun Chou's Exit"
Mencius said: "Wealth and honor cannot be promiscuous, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot bend." This is called a real man. "
"Mencius·Teng Wen Gong"
Mencius said: "Without regular intervals, it is impossible to form a square member (circle) ¨¨¨Without the six rhythms, it is impossible to correct the five tones. ”
"Mencius Li Lou Shang"
Mencius said: "A great man is one who has not lost his innocent heart." "
"Mencius·Li Lou Xia"
Mencius said: "A gentleman has benevolence in his heart and etiquette in his heart. A benevolent person loves others, a polite person respects others. Those who love others will always be loved by others, and those who respect others will always be respected by others. ”
"Mencius·Li Louxia"
Mencius said: "Fish is what I want." Bear's paw is what I want. You can't have both, it's like giving up the fish for the bear's paw. Life is what I want. Righteousness is what I want. You can't have both, you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness. "
" Mencius Gaozi 1"
Mencius said: "Therefore, when Heaven is about to assign a great responsibility to a man, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, and starve his body. His body is empty, his actions are chaotic, so his mind and forbearance have been beneficial to what he could not do. "
" Mencius Gaozi Xia"
Mencius said: "The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. ”
"Mencius: Try Your Heart"
Mencius said: "There is nothing better than the eyes that exist in people." The eyes cannot hide the evil. If the chest is regular, the eyes will be clear; if the chest is irregular, the eyes will be dim. Listening to his words and looking at his eyes, how can he be thin? ”
"Mencius Li Lou Shang"
Old and old, I am in harmony with the old of others; young and young, I am in harmony with the young of others.
Those who have attained the Tao If there is a lot of help, there will be little help for those who are unfaithful. If there is little help, there will be a lot of help.
The weather is not as good as the right place, and the good place is not as good as the people.