Taken together, Confucius and Mencius have something in common. In history, people used the word Confucius and Mencius to express their common ground. The word "the way of Confucius and Mencius" probably originated in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, a man named Dong Wenzhong said to Yuan Shizu in the eighth year of Zhiyuan (l27 1 year): Scholars don't teach Confucian classics, but only write poems. How can they cultivate their morality and govern the country? What Mr. Dong said was entirely the thought of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty. It can be seen that the appearance of the word "the way of Confucius and Mencius" is the product of Neo-Confucianism. The significance it represents is the common ideological content, method and basic spirit in Confucius and Mencius' thought.

Zhuangzi's thoughts are a little smarter than fools. Everyone was drunk, but I was the only one who woke up. In the current popular words, in fact, he does not make people squeeze into the "Red Sea", but focuses on the field of "Blue Ocean". Get rid of the quagmire of more and more abuse and March into the high realm of spiritual wisdom. Live a high life and don't disturb your mind with tangled things. Stay alone.

Both Confucius and Mencius emphasized that rulers should govern the country on the basis of their own humanistic quality, make realistic people become realistic and ideal means of educating people, influence subordinates and people with their correct words and deeds, cultivate people well, serve people with virtue, and oppose relying on force and strength; At the same time, it attaches great importance to doing a good job in production and ensuring the normal life of ordinary people, which is considered to be the basis or premise of education.