"If you are unable to do something, look to yourself instead" means: If you fail to do something, encounter setbacks and difficulties, or do not get along well with your interpersonal relationships, you must reflect on yourself and find faults in yourself. reason. The sentence comes from "Li Lou Zhang Ju 1" in "Mencius". Confucian politics emphasizes starting from oneself and things around you, so it is often closely linked to personal quality.

"Mencius" is one of the Chinese Confucian classics. It records the governance thoughts and political strategies of the thinker Mencius during the Warring States Period. It was recorded and compiled by Mencius and his disciples. "Mencius" occupies a very important position in Confucian classics and is one of the "Four Books".

The language of "Mencius" is clear, simple and approachable, and at the same time concise and accurate. As a prose, "Mencius" is good at argumentation, more artistically expressive, and has the nature of literary prose.

About the author: Mencius, whose name was Ke and whose courtesy name was Ziyu, was a native of Zou in the middle of the Warring States Period, not far from Qufu, the hometown of Confucius. He is a famous thinker, politician, educator, inheritor of Confucius' teachings, and an important representative of Confucianism.