Why did Mencius say that the people are your country, followed by the monarch?

Mencius put forward the idea that "the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the least" because he summarized the laws governing the rise and fall of chaos in various countries according to the social chaos in the Warring States period and realized the power of the people. Both the monarch and the country can be replaced, but only the common people cannot be replaced.

Mencius attached great importance to the opposition of the people's hearts. He thought that how to treat the people was extremely important for the rise and fall of the country. And through a large number of historical examples, it is repeatedly expounded that this is a key issue related to winning and losing the world. Mencius is a representative figure of Confucian school. He inherited and promoted Confucius' thought and was called "Yasheng" by later generations.