Write a short essay of about 600 words with a famous saying of Confucius and Mencius.

Confucius said, "Benevolence depends on itself, but on others?" (The Analects of Confucius Yan Yuan) From this sentence, we can see that Confucius believes that if we really want to be "benevolent", we must be conscious, rather than relying on others to accomplish it, and emphasize the importance of individual subjective initiative in the process of benevolence. There are many such examples in The Analects of Confucius. For example, Confucius said, "For example, if you are a mountain, you will stop until it is finished. For example, on the flat ground, although there is coverage, I will still go. " (The Analects of Confucius Zi Han) That is to say, a mountain can be built with a pile of soil, but I stopped because I stopped and didn't eventually pile up into a mountain. On the flat land, although there is only a pile of soil, if I want to pile it, it is because I want to pile it myself. The extended meaning of Confucius' sentence is that whatever you do depends on yourself. If you want to succeed, if you give up halfway, you will fall short. You need every little makes a mickle, and you shouldn't give up halfway. Whether you succeed or fail depends on yourself and has nothing to do with other external conditions and environment. "Although you have made progress, I will go." Confucius also said, "Can you exert yourself on benevolence for a day?" ? I have never seen a weak person. It was covered, but I didn't see it. "("The Analects of Confucius in benevolence "means that I have never seen a person do any good deeds in one day. Maybe, but I haven't seen it. From these examples of Confucius, we can see that Confucius believes that the method of "benevolence" is "doing for yourself", and benevolence is something in people's hearts. As long as we practice it, we can realize it. Finally, Confucius also divided the practice of benevolence into gentlemen and villains. He said that "a gentleman seeks for himself, while a villain seeks for others" (The Analects of Wei Linggong). The way for a gentleman to seek benevolence is to seek it by himself, that is, to rely on his own subjective efforts, while a villain relies on others to realize benevolence, which has nothing to do with external conditions, but through his own practice. Source: Communication Studies