1, Mencius put forward that the first thing to implement benevolent government is to "control people and keep production constant." He said: Only by continuous production can people have "perseverance". Only those who produce permanently can live and work in peace and contentment and stick to their homes; Otherwise, it will run amok and disrupt society.

2. The feudal society of China based on agriculture was based on the natural economy of small farmers' self-sufficiency. One household is a production unit, and men plow and women weave, and agriculture and handicrafts are combined. The blueprint of Mencius' planning just meets the production and living needs of a small agricultural family of eight.

3. The Confucian strategy of governing the country focuses on politics and morality. Pay attention to family ethics, so that the father, son and filial piety can maintain the kinship of flesh and blood; Husband and wife live in harmony and keep the difference between inside and outside; Between the old and the young, you can respect the old and love the young, and there is a pecking order; Then it extends to the society, the way of courtesy and righteousness between monarch and minister, and the virtue of honesty and trust between friends, so that the whole society can maintain harmony and stability.

4. The strategy of governing the country emphasizes innovation and changes with time. It is not a fundamental change to the social system, but only a partial change to the old system, which is nothing more than focusing on restraining the merger forces of powerful countries in order to strengthen centralization and prevent social division; Reduce the burden on the people and prevent social unrest.

Han Feizi's general plan of governing the country;

1, put forward the political theory of combining "letting the law", "using skills" and "gathering potential", advocated the rule of law and centralization, reached the peak of the pre-Qin legalist theory, provided a theoretical weapon for the Qin Dynasty to unify the six countries, and also provided a theoretical basis for the later feudal autocratic system.

2. Han Feizi inherited and summarized the thoughts and practices of legalists in the Warring States Period, and put forward the practical theory of absolute monarchy and centralization. He advocated that "things are in the quartet and in the central government; The saints insist, and the four sides come to work. "

3. He emphasized that when a "law" is formulated, it must be strictly implemented, and no one can be an exception, so that "the law is not expensive" and "the minister should not be avoided after punishment, and the good should not be left behind". He also believes that only by imposing severe punishment can people obey, society be stable and feudal rule be consolidated.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Mencius

Baidu encyclopedia-Han Fei