Mencius has many popular sayings that are still talked about by people today. Please give two examples and try to talk about one of them.

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. ——Mencius

There are five so-called unfilial persons 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 parents; the fourth kind of unfilial piety is to kill one's parents according to the desires of the ears and eyes; the fifth kind of unfilial piety is to be brave and aggressive, endangering one's parents. ——Mencius

Mencius" Famous Quotes Mencius said: "When I am old, I am like the old of others; when I am young, I am like the young of others."

"Mencius·King Hui of Liang "Part 1"

Mencius said: "If you enjoy the happiness of the people, the people will also enjoy their happiness; if you care about the worries of the people, the people will also worry about their worries. If you are happy with the world, you will be worried with the world. However, he who is not a king will not be 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 serve in their dynasty."

"Mencius ·Gongsun Chou (Part 1)"

Mencius said: "The weather is not as favorable as the favorable conditions, and the favorable conditions are not as favorable as the harmony of people."

"Mencius: Gongsun Chou (Part 2)"

Mencius said: "Those who have attained the Way will receive many help, while those who have lost the Way will receive little help. When few helpers arrive, they will be surrounded by relatives; when many helpers arrive, the world will obey them."

"Mencius Gongsun Chou's Execution"

Mencius said: "Wealth and honor cannot be fornicated, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered. This is called a true man."

"Mencius·Teng Wen Gong"

Mencius said: " Without the regular distance, it is impossible to form a square member (circle). Without the six rhythms, the five tones cannot be corrected."

"Mencius Li Lou Shang"

Mencius said: " A great man is one who does not lose his innocent heart."

"Mencius Li Lou Xia"

Mencius said: "A gentleman has a heart based on benevolence, and a man who is benevolent loves others with etiquette. Those who love others will always love them, and those who respect others will always respect them."

"Mencius·Li Lou Xia"

Mencius said: "Fish is what I want. . Bear's paw is what I want. I can't have both. I want to give up the fish and take the bear's paw. I can't have both when I give up my life. "The righteous one"

"Mencius Gaozi 1"

Mencius said: "Therefore, when Heaven is about to assign a great responsibility to a person, it must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, and starve him. The skin of his body is empty, and his behavior is disturbed by his actions, 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: "Nothing good for human beings is better than the eyes. The eyes You can't hide the evil. If the chest is straight, the eyes will be dull. If you listen to his words and look at the eyes, how can a person be thin?

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2 Reply: [Original] Famous sayings from "Mencius"

Without rules, there is no square. (Without compasses and rulers, squares and circles cannot be drawn correctly.)

With the right, you can know the weight; with the measure, you can know the length. (Only by weighing something can one know its weight; by measuring it can one know its length.)

People have things that they should not do, and then they can do something. (People have to do something before they can do something.)

Although there are things that are easy to grow in the world, if they are violent in one day and cold in ten days, none of them can survive.

(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, it will not grow again.)

What advances rapidly will retreat quickly. (Those who move forward too quickly will retreat too quickly.)

The organ of the heart is thinking, and if you think, you will get it; if you don’t think, you will not get it. (The organ of the heart is responsible for thinking. Only by thinking can we obtain. Without thinking, we cannot obtain.)

Be born in sorrow and die in happiness. (Sorrow and suffering are enough to make people survive, and comfort and happiness are enough to make people die.)

Only benevolent people should be in high positions. Being unkind and holding a high position is spreading evil to others. (Only benevolent people with high moral standards should be in a dominant position. If an unbenevolent person with low moral standards is in a dominant position, his evil will be spread to the masses.)

The emperor is unkind and cannot protect the world; If the princes are unkind, they 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. (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 bodies.)

The benevolent are invincible. (A virtuous person is invincible in the world.)

A king is benevolent, and he is always benevolent; a king is righteous, and he is always unjust; and a king is upright, and he is always upright. (If the monarch is benevolent, no one will be unkind; if the monarch is righteous, no one will be unjust; if the monarch is upright, no one will be unjust.)

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 enjoy the happiness of the people. Also worried about his worries. (Those who regard the happiness of the people as their own happiness, the people will also regard the happiness of the king as their own happiness; those who regard the sorrow of the people as their own sorrow, the people will also regard the sorrow of the king as their own sorrow.)

The fish is what I want, and the bear's paw is also what I want; you cannot have both, and you would give up the fish and take the bear's paw. Life is what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. You cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice life for righteousness.

When I am old, I am in harmony with others; when I am young, I am in harmony with others.

Those who have attained the right will receive many help, while those who have lost the right will receive little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow.

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

It is not benevolent to kill someone without sin, and it is not righteous to take something that does not exist. (It is unkind to kill an innocent person; it is unjust to take something that is not yours.)

The wise are in charge, and the capable are in office. (Let virtuous people occupy corresponding official positions, and talented people hold certain positions.)

Respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and the talented people will reign. (Respect moral people, use capable people, and outstanding figures have official positions.)

The people are the most important, the country is the second, and the king is the least. (The people are the most important, the gods of earth and valleys who represent the country are second, and the monarch is the least important.)

Everyone can be Yao and Shun. (Everyone can be a good person like Yao and Shun.)

A wife must insult herself, and then others will insult her; (A person must first cause insult to himself before others can insult him; a family must first have causes of self-destruction before others can destroy it; a country must have causes of self-destruction before others can attack it.)

He who seeks all misfortunes and blessings by himself. (There is no misfortune or happiness that is not brought about by oneself.)

A gentleman does not complain about heaven or blame others. (A gentleman does not complain about heaven or blame others.)

Wealth cannot be lascivious, poverty cannot be moved, power cannot be surrendered, this is called a true man.

Those who abuse themselves cannot be talked to; those who give up on themselves cannot be talked to. (People who harm themselves cannot have valuable conversations with them; people who abandon themselves (being extremely irresponsible to themselves) cannot do valuable things with them.)

Nurture The heart is not good at having few desires. (The best way to cultivate one's mind is to reduce material desires.)

Therefore, when Heaven is about to assign a great responsibility to a person, he must first strain his mind, work his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his heart. They messed up what they did, so they moved their minds and forbearance, which was beneficial to what they couldn't do.

A respectful person will not insult others, and a thrifty person will not take away from others. (Those who are respectful to others will not insult others, and those who are thrifty will not rob others.)

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

(Those who love others will be loved by others; those who respect others will be respected by others.)

Don’t rely on elders, don’t rely on nobles, and don’t rely on brothers to be friends. (When making friends, do not rely on your age, your high status, or the wealth of your brothers.)

A wise man uses his brightness to make others bright, but now he uses his dimness to make others bright. (A wise person must first understand himself and then make others understand; today’s people are still confused but insist on making others understand.)

A promising person can dig a well as quickly as possible. If it is not as good as the spring, it is just like an abandoned well. (Doing something is like digging a well. If the well is dug six or seven feet deep and there is no spring water, it is still an abandoned well.)

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. (A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but conquering the world with virtue is not one of them. The first kind of happiness is that parents are healthy and brothers are not in trouble; the second kind of happiness is to raise one's head to be worthy of heaven and bow one's head to be worthy of others; to obtain the best talents in the world And educating them is the third kind of fun)

If you are not ashamed, how can you be like a human being? (If you are not ashamed of not being able to catch up with others, how can you catch up with others?)