Mencius's famous sayings

1. Those who abuse themselves cannot be talked about; those who abandon themselves cannot be talked about.

2. If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are ambitious, you will be good for the world.

3. Everyone can be a good person like Yao and Shun.

4. A gentleman’s capacity is limited and his chest swallows hundreds of rivers.

5. Do not rely on elders, do not rely on nobles, do not rely on brothers but be friends.

6. Educating talents and creating scholars is the foundation of the country.

7. Those who speak poetry should not harm their words with words, nor harm their aspirations with words. To use one's will against one's will is to gain it.

8. People do not do anything, and then they can do something.

9. A promising person is like digging a well. If the well is dug nine times and fails to reach the spring, it is like abandoning the well.

10. A gentleman does not complain about heaven or others.

11. Those who talk about the near but refer to the distant are good at speaking.

12. If you are not ashamed, why should you be like a human being?

13. Being sincere is the way of heaven; being sincere is the way of man. It's not impossible, it's not possible.

14. Therefore, when heaven assigns great responsibilities to people, they must first work hard, strain their muscles and bones, starve their skin, deplete their body, and mess up their actions. Therefore, if you are tempted to endure, you have been Benefit from what it cannot do. The home will be destroyed by itself, and then others will destroy it.

15. Life is what I want; righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness. Scholars must be determined, but if they are not determined, nothing will be achieved. If you say that it is a great person, you will despise it and do not regard it as majestic.

16. A gentleman is always kind to others.

17. Wealth and honor cannot be corrupted, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be subdued. A respectful person does not insult others, a thrifty person does not take away from others.

18. Without rules, it is impossible to build a square garden.

19. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others.

20. If there are no rules, there will be no square.

A collection of famous sayings by Mencius

1. What the Master said touches my heart.

2. Those who advance sharply will retreat quickly.

3. I know my words, and I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit.

4. The benevolent are invincible.

5. The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important.

6. Power, then know the severity; degree, then know the length.

7. Everyone can be like Yao and Shun.

8. It is better to have no books than to believe in books.

9. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others.

10. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people.

11. Confucius climbed to Mount Dong and made Lu small, and climbed Mount Tai to make the world small.

12. Having fun alone or having fun with others, which one is happy?

13. The organ of the heart is thinking. If you think, you will get it. If you don’t think, you will not get it.

14. Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

15. If you are poor, you can help yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world.

16. The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important.

17. A grown-up does not lose his innocent heart.

18. Does the person who created the figurines have no descendants?

19. The wise are in office and the capable are in office.

20. To nourish the heart is not to be good at having few desires.

21. A respectful person will not insult others, and a thrifty person will not take away from others.

22. A gentleman does not complain about heaven or others.

23. If you are not ashamed, why should you be like a human being?

24. People do not do anything, and then they can do something.

25. If you don’t follow the rules, you won’t be able to form a circle.

26. Respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and the outstanding ones will reign.

27. If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will be good for the world.

28. Do not rely on elders, do not rely on nobles, do not rely on brothers but make friends.

29. Without rules, it is impossible to build a square garden.

30. It is better to have no books than to believe in all the books.

31. Those who seek happiness and misfortune all by themselves.

32. When I am old, I am like the old, and when I am young, I am like the young.

33. Dogs eat human food without knowing how to detect it;

34. The sage uses his enlightenment to make others enlighten, but now he uses his faintness to make others enlighten.

35. The most important thing for people to know each other is to know each other. The most important thing for people to know each other is to understand each other.

36. Those who abuse themselves cannot be talked to; those who abandon themselves cannot be talked to.

37. Benevolence, justice, propriety and wisdom are not external to me, they are inherent in me.

38. It is not benevolent to kill someone without sin, and it is not righteous to take something that does not exist.

39. For a five-acre house with mulberry trees, a person in his fifties can wear silk clothes.

40. Those who conquer the country without benevolence already exist; those who conquer the world without benevolence do not yet exist.

41. Only benevolent people should be in high positions. Being unkind and holding a high position is spreading evil to others.

42. If a king is benevolent, he will never be unkind; if a king is righteous, he will never be unjust; if he is upright, he will never be unjust.

43. A promising person is like digging a well. If the well is dug nine times and fails to reach the spring, it is like abandoning the well.

44. If you don’t have relatives, you can’t be a person; if you don’t have relatives, you can’t be a son.

45. Those who enjoy the happiness of the people will also enjoy the happiness of the people; those who care about the worries of the people will also worry about the worries of the people.

46. If I want to bring peace to the world, who else can I do in this world?

47. 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.

48. It is used to resemble people. This is why the people of Sri Lanka died of hunger.

49. If there are fat horses in the stables, the people are hungry, and there are hungry weeds in the wild, they will lead the beasts to eat people.

50. Father and son are related, monarch and ministers have friendship, husband and wife are separated, elders and children are in order, and friends have trust.

51. Wealth and honor cannot be fornicated, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered. This is called a true man.

52. Without regular distance, it cannot form square members (circles). Without the six rhythms, the five tones cannot be corrected.

53. Those who have gained the right will get many help, but those who have lost the right will have little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow.

54. In a country of thousands of chariots, the one who kills its king will surely have a house of thousands of chariots. In a country of a thousand chariots, the one who kills its king will surely have a house of a hundred chariots.

55. If animals eat each other, and people hate it, they are the parents of the people. The government cannot avoid leading the beasts and cannibalizing people. The evil is because they are the parents of the people.

56. 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.

57. Yang Zi takes it for me, plucking a hair and benefiting the world. Mozi loved all, worked hard to benefit the world, and did so.

58. Grain is a beautiful plant. It is not as good as catkins because it is not ripe. Furen is just about being familiar with it.

59. The wife must insult herself, and then others will insult her; the family must destroy herself, and then others will destroy it; the country must cut down on itself, and then others will cut down on it.

60. To live in the broadest place in the world, to establish the right position in the world, to walk the great road of the world, to be determined by the people, and not to be independent in one's own way.

61. If the emperor is unkind, he will not protect the world; if the princes are unkind, he will not protect the country; if the ministers and 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.

62. 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.

63. Those who enjoy the happiness of the people will also enjoy the happiness of the people; those who care about the worries of the people will also worry about the worries of the people. He is happy with the world and worried about the world. However, there is no one who is not a king.

64. After filling up the drum, the weapon is connected, abandoning the armor and dragging the soldiers away, maybe stopping after a hundred steps, or stopping after fifty steps. What if you take fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps?

65. If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart and soul; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a countryman; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as their king. Like a bandit.

66. When the rooster rises up from the crowing and is doing good by crowing, he is a follower of Shun; If you want to know the difference between Shun and Zhi, there is no other way but between benefit and goodness.

67. The heart of compassion is the root of benevolence; the heart of shame and disgust is the root of righteousness; the heart of resignation is the root of courtesy; the heart of right and wrong is the root of wisdom.

68. There are five reasons why a gentleman teaches: those who are transformed by the rain of time, those who become virtuous, those who achieve wealth, those who answer questions, and those who are private and courteous. These five are what a gentleman teaches.

69. Fish is what I want, and bear’s paws are also what I want. You cannot have both, and you would give up fish and take bear’s paws. Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want. You cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice life for righteousness.

70. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. Benefit from what it cannot do.

71. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them. Having both parents and brothers without any reason is one kind of happiness; looking up to heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second kind of happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third kind of happiness.

72. Fish is what I want; bear paws are 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.

73. Nothing is better than the eyes. 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?

74. If a person has good food, warm clothes, and a comfortable home without education, he will be close to an animal. The sage is concerned about this, so he makes a covenant as a disciple and teaches human relations: father and son are related, monarch and ministers are righteous, husband and wife are distinguished, elders and young are orderly, and friends have trust.

75. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions, so his heart and mind are tempted. Gain what it cannot.

76. Benevolence is better than unkindness, just like water is better than fire. Nowadays, a benevolent person is like using a cup of water to save a load of fire. If it is not extinguished, it is said that water cannot overcome the fire. This is also the same as that of an unkind person, who will eventually perish.

77. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them. Having both parents and having brothers without any reason is one happiness; looking up to Heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third happiness. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them.

78. Those who use strength to pretend to be benevolent dominate. Hegemony will lead to a great country; kings who practice virtue and benevolence will not be great. Tang will be seventy miles away, and King Wen will be hundreds of miles away. Those who conquer others with force do not obey with their heart, nor do they have the strength to support them; those who conquer others with virtue only obey with joy and sincerity, just like the seventy-year-old disciples obeyed Confucius.

79. Jie and Zhou lost the world and lost their people; those who lost their people also lost their hearts. There is a way to win the world: if you win its people, you will win the world; if you win its people, you will win the world; if you win their hearts, you will win the people; if you win their hearts, you will have a way: gather with them what you want, and do not do to them what you want.

Mencius’ classic quotes_Mencius’ classic quotes

Mencius, named Ke, courtesy name Ziyu (y) was a native of Lu during the Warring States Period. A famous thinker and educator in ancient China, and a representative figure of Confucianism during the Warring States Period. Author of "Mencius". Mencius inherited and carried forward Confucius' thoughts and became a Confucian master second only to Confucius.

1. A gentleman does not complain about heaven or others. Meaning: A gentleman does not complain about heaven or blame others.

2. Only benevolent people should be in high positions. Being unkind and holding a high position is spreading evil to others.

3. People do not do anything, and then they can do something. People have to do something before they can do something.

4. If you are not ashamed, why should you be like a human being?

5. Do not rely on elders, do not rely on nobles, do not rely on brothers but be friends.

6. The city is not too high, the pond is not not deep, the army and the revolution are not not strong and powerful, and the rice and millet are not not abundant. If we leave them alone, the geographical advantage is not as good as the people.

7. Mencius said: When Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first suffer from hardships in his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions, so he is tempted to endure it. Sex has been beneficial to what it cannot do.

8. Form and color are also nature; only a sage can practice the form.

9. A city of three miles and a country of seven miles can be surrounded and attacked without victory. If you attack the husband's ring, you will definitely get the right time. However, if you don't win, the right time is not as good as the right place.

10. 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.

11. Mencius said: The nature of water is not divided into east and west, nor is it divided into upper and lower? The goodness of human nature is like water flowing down. There is no bad person, and there is no water that cannot flow. Today, if the water is stroking and leaping, it can be carried over the river; if it is stirred and moved, it can be carried up the mountain. Is this the nature of water? The momentum is just like that! People can do bad things, but their nature is still the same.

12. If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are ambitious, you will be good for the world.

13. It is not benevolent to kill someone without sin, and it is not righteous to take something that does not exist.

14. When there is little help, relatives are nearby; when there is much help, the world will follow.

15. If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then the ministers will regard him as his heart; if the king regards his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a countryman; if the king regards his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as such. foe.

16. The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. Mencius' classic sayings

17. Respect the wise and enable them, and if the heroes are in power, then all the people in the world will be happy and willing to serve in their dynasty.

18. Those who enjoy the happiness of the people will also enjoy the happiness of the people; those who care about the worries of the people will also worry about the worries of the people. He is happy with the world and worried about the world. However, there is no one who is not a king.

19. Fish is what I want, and bear’s paws are also what I want; you cannot have both, and you would give up fish and take bear’s paws. Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want. You cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice life for righteousness.

20. A respectful person will not insult others, and a thrifty person will not take away from others.

21. When the cock crows and rises, it is good to breed, he is a follower of Shun; If you want to know the difference between Shun and Zhi, there is no other way but between benefit and goodness.

22. If the emperor is unkind, he will not protect the world; if the princes are unkind, he will not protect the country; if the ministers and 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.

23. Therefore, it is said: The people of the region do not rely on the boundaries of the territory, the country does not rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and the power of the world does not rely on the benefits of military revolution. Those who have attained the truth will receive much help, while those who have lost the truth will receive little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow. If the world is in obedience, attack where the relatives are. Therefore, if a gentleman does not fight, he will win in battle.

24. By changing the fields and reducing taxes, the people can become rich.

25. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. The season and climate that are conducive to combat are not as good as the terrain that is conducive to combat, and the terrain that is conducive to combat is not as popular as winning the hearts of the people and uniting the top and bottom.

26. Everyone can be like Yao and Shun. The meaning is that everyone can be a good person like Yao and Shun.

27. 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.

28. To nourish the heart is not to be good at having few desires. Selected classic quotes from Mencius

29. Without rules, there will be no circle.

30. The most important thing for a filial son is to respect his relatives; the most important thing for a filial son is to respect his relatives. As the son and father of the emperor, he should be respected to the highest extent; to be nourished by the world, he should be nourished to the highest level.

31. What a person can do without learning is his good ability; what he knows without worrying about it is his good knowledge. Children all love their relatives, and their elders all respect their elders. Kissing relatives is benevolence; respecting elders is righteousness; without others, it reaches the world.

32. The benevolent are invincible.

33. If a king is benevolent, he will never be unkind; if a king is righteous, he will never be unjust; if a king is upright, he will never be unjust.

34. Confucius climbed the Dongshan Mountain and made the world small. He climbed the Mount Tai and made the world small. Semantic Confucius felt that the country of Lu had become smaller when he climbed Dongshan Mountain, and felt that the world also became smaller when he climbed Mount Tai.

35. When I am old, I am like the old, and when I am young, I am like the young.

36. Those who thieve benevolence are called thieves, and those who thieve righteousness are called cripples. A man who is a remnant of thieves is called a husband. I have heard of the execution of one husband, Zhou, but I have not heard of regicide.

37. For a five-acre house with mulberry trees, a person in his fifties can wear silk clothes. Chickens, dolphins, dogs, and pigs are all animals that have not lost their season. Those who are seventy years old can eat meat. If you don’t take away a hundred acres of land, then a family of one hundred people will not be hungry. I sincerely follow the teachings of Xiangxu, apply the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood, and award the white ones to live up to the road.

38. A promising person is like digging a well. If the well is dug nine times and fails to reach the spring, it is like abandoning the well.

39. Nothing is better than the eyes. The eyes cannot hide the evil. If the chest is straight, the eyes will be clear; if the chest is irregular, the eyes will be dim. Listening to his words and looking at his eyes, he looks very thin.

40. Loving others without being close to them is against their benevolence; not treating others well is against their wisdom; not being courteous to others is against their respect; those who fail to do what they do are all seeking others, and if they are upright, the world will return to them. Of.

41. I know my words and I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit.

42. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others. Meaning: Those who love others will be loved by others; those who respect others will be respected by others.

43. Right, then you know the severity; degree, then you know the length.

44. Wealth cannot be eroded, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be subdued.

45. If you love others without being close to them, you will be benevolent; if you do not treat others well, you will be wise; if you do not respond to others with courtesy, you will be respected by them. Those who fail to do so will seek others, and if they are upright, the world will return them. .

46. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

47. 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.

48. People can’t be shameless. It’s shameless to be shameless.

49. Those who have permanent property have perseverance, and those who do not have perseverance have no perseverance. If you don't have perseverance, you will do everything you can to ward off evil spirits.

50. The sage uses his enlightenment to make others enlighten, but now he uses his faintness to make others enlighten.

51. Respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and the heroes will reign.

52. It is easy for people to change their words, so there is no need to blame the ears.

53. Born in sorrow and died in happiness. The meaning is that sorrow and harm are enough to make people survive, and comfort and happiness are enough to make people die.

54. 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.

55. Those who abuse themselves cannot be talked to; those who abandon themselves cannot be talked to.

56. Those who advance sharply will retreat quickly.

57. Save penalties, reduce taxes, and make farming easier (nu).

58. Those who practice without hesitation, get used to it without noticing, and live by it without knowing the way are the common ones.

59. The wife must insult herself, and then others will insult her; the family must destroy herself, and then others will destroy it; the country must destroy itself, and then others will destroy it.

60. Those who enjoy the happiness of the people will also enjoy the happiness of the people; those who care about the worries of the people will also worry about the worries of the people.

61. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first prepare his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and disturb his actions. Benefit from what it cannot do.

62. If you ask, you will get it; if you give it up, you will lose it; asking is beneficial to gaining, and asking is mine. There is a way to seek, and there is a destiny to obtain. This is because seeking is not beneficial to obtaining, and it is also seeking something outside.

63. People have constant sayings, and they all say that there is a country under heaven. The foundation of the world lies in the country, the foundation of the country lies in the home, and the foundation of the family lies in the body.

64. Kind words are not as profound as the sound of kindness, and good governance is not as good as good teaching to win over the people. Good governance will be feared by the people; good education will be loved by the people. Good governance wins people's wealth, and good education wins people's hearts.

65. The wise are in office and the capable are in office.

66. A gentleman has three pleasures, but the king of the world does not enjoy them. Having both parents and brothers without any reason is one kind of happiness; looking up to heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second kind of happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third kind of happiness.

67. There are five so-called unfilial persons in the world: the four branches of love are not filial, and they do not care about their parents’ support. 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.

68. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. Benefit from what it cannot do.

69. Kindness brings honor, while unkindness brings disgrace.

70. Those who gain the right will get many help, while those who do not follow the right will get little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow.

71. Fight for land and kill people to fill the fields; fight for cities and kill people to fill the city. This so-called taking advantage of the land and cannibalizing human flesh is a crime not punishable by death.

72. The best thing about people’s troubles is to be a teacher.

73. The organ of the heart is thinking. If you think, you will get it. If you don’t think, you will not get it. The organ of the semantic mind is responsible for thinking. Only by thinking can we obtain it, but without thinking we cannot obtain it. )

74. A grown-up should not lose his innocent heart.

75. Those who seek happiness and misfortune by themselves.

76. People do not do anything, and then they can do something. It means that people have to do something before they can do something.

77. Those who have gained the right will get many help, but those who have lost the right will have few. Meaning: Those who implement benevolent government and win the support of the people will have many people to help them; those who do not implement benevolent government and have no support from the people will have few people to help them. he.

78. If the king is benevolent, he will be invincible in the world.

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