Chapter 654: Be cautious in your words and be cautious in your deeds
One
Mencius saw King Hui of Liang. The king of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info said: "If you come from thousands of miles away, there will also be Eli my country?" ”
Mencius said, "Why should the king be profitable? There is also benevolence and righteousness. The king said, 'How can we benefit our country?' The doctor said, 'How can I benefit my family'? The Shishu people said, 'How can I benefit my body'? The upper and lower levels are levied and the country is in danger. The country of ten thousand times kills its monarch, and it will be the house of a thousand times; The country of a thousand times kills its monarch, and he will be the home of a hundred times. Thousands of thousands, thousands of thousands, not too much. Gou for the sake of the aftermath and the first profit, do not take away and do not eat. Those who have not been benevolent and leave their relatives behind, and those who have not been righteous and then their kings. Wang also said that benevolence and righteousness are just that, why bother with profit? ”
● II
Mencius saw King Hui of Liang, the king stood on the swamp, Gu Honglu elk, and said, "The sage is also happy about this? ”
Mencius said: "The sage is happy then, but the unsage is not happy even if he has this." Shiyun: 'Through the beginning of the Lingtai, through the camp, the common people attack it, and it will not be completed in the day. Don't be anxious at the beginning, the common people come. The king is in the spirit, the deer are in wait, the deer are wet, and the white birds and cranes are in the mountains. The king is in the spirit swamp, and the fish jumps in the mot. 'King Wen takes the people's power as the platform as the swamp. And the people are happy, it is called Lingtai, it is said that it is a spiritual swamp, and it is happy that there are elk, fish and turtles. The ancients and the people were happy, so they could be happy. Tang swore and said: 'Time is lost? He died with his daughter. 'The people want to die with them, but although there are birds and beasts in the pond, how can they be alone?' ”
● Three
King Liang Hui said: "The widow is also to the country, and he is dedicated to his ears." If Hanoi is fierce, its people will be moved to the east of the river, and its millet will be moved to Hanoi. The same is true of Hedong. Those who observe the politics of neighboring countries are not as good as those who have the intentions of a few people. If the people of the neighbouring countries are not less, and the people of the few are not more, why not? ”
Mencius said to him: "The king is warlike, please use war as a metaphor." Fill the drums, the blades are connected, abandon the armor and drag the soldiers away. Or a hundred steps and then stop, or fifty steps and then stop. What if you laugh at 50 steps and 100 steps? ”
He said: "No, it is not a hundred steps, it is also walking." ”
He said, "If the king had known this, he would have no hope that there would be more people than his neighbors." If it does not violate the agricultural time, the grain cannot be eaten; The number of dogs does not enter the pond, and the fish and turtles cannot be eaten; The axe catty enters the mountains and forests at the right time, and the timber is not usable. Grain and fish and turtles can not be eaten, timber and wood can not be used, it is to make the people live and die without regrets. There is no regret in health and death, and the beginning of the royal road is also.
A house of five acres, a mulberry tree, and fifty people can be clothed; Chickens, guineas, dogs, and animals, if they don't lose their time, the seventy can eat meat; A hundred acres of land, don't take it away, a few families can be hungry; The teaching of the order, the support of filial piety, and the person who gives the confession does not live up to the road. Seventy people eat meat, and the people are not hungry or cold, but those who are not kings are not not.
Dogs eat people without knowing how to check them, and they are painted with hunger but do not know how to do it; When a person dies, he says, 'It's not me, it's not me.' How is it different from stabbing someone and killing him, saying, 'If it is not me, the soldier is also.'" 'The king is innocent, and the people of the world are the best. ”
● Four
King Liang Hui said: "The widow is willing to accept the teaching." ”
Mencius said, "Is it different to kill people with a sword and a sword? He said, "It's no different." "Is there a difference between the blade and the government?" He said, "It's no different." ”
He said: "There is fat meat, there are fat horses in the stables, the people are hungry, and the wild are hungry. Beasts eat each other, and people are evil. For the parents of the people, the administration is not exempt from leading beasts and cannibalism. Evil in its people parents also? Zhong Ni said: 'The one who started it, there is no aftermath! 'It is also used for its man's image. If so, how did it make the people starve to death? ”
● Five
King Liang Hui said: "The Jin Kingdom, the world is not strong, and the people know it." and the body of the widow, the east was defeated by Qi, and the eldest son died; The west mourning place is 700 miles from Qin; The south is humiliated by Chu. The widow is ashamed, and he is willing to sprinkle it more than the dead, so what can he do? ”
Mencius said, "A hundred miles away from a place can be a king." Wang Rushi is benevolent to the people, provincial punishment, thin taxation, and deep cultivation. The strong man cultivates his filial piety and loyalty in his spare time, enters his father and brother, and goes out to his long, so that the system can be used to tart the strong armor of Qin and Chu. When he took away his people, he was not allowed to cultivate the land to feed his father and mother, and his parents were cold and starved, and his brothers and wives were separated. He drowned his people, and the king went to conquer him, and who was the enemy of the king? Therefore, it is said: 'The benevolent are invincible.' 'Don't doubt it, king! ”
● Six
Mencius saw King Xiang of Liang. out, the speaker said: "If you don't look at it like a human king, you don't see it and you don't see it." He suddenly asked, 'Is the world evil?' I said to him, 'It is set in one.' ''Who can be one?'' He said, "He who does not love murder can do it." ''Who can do it?'' He said, "The world is indispensable." Wang Zhifu Miaohu? When there is a drought between July and August, the seedlings are gone. The sky is full of clouds, and when it rains, the seedlings are thriving. If so, who can resist it? There is no one who does not love to kill, and if there is one who does not love to kill, then the people of the world will lead and look forward to it. As it is, the people return to it, and the water will go down, who can control it? ’”
● Seven
King Qi Xuan asked: "Can you hear about Qi Huan and Jin Wen?" ”
Mencius said: "The disciples of Zhongni who have no Taoism and literature will not be passed on to future generations." I haven't heard of it. If there is no way, then the king? ”
He said: "What is the virtue, can you be the king?" He said: "To protect the people and the king, Mo Zhi can also be the king." He said, "If there is no one, can you protect the people?" He said, "Yes." He said, "How can I know what I can do?" He said: "When the minister heard about it, he said, "The king is sitting in the hall, and there is a cow passing through the hall, and the king sees it, and says, 'What is the ox?' He said, "The bell will be provoked." The king said, 'Give it up!' I can't bear to covet him, and if he is not guilty, he will die. He said, "Then the provocation bell will be abolished?" He said, 'Why should it be abolished?' Sheep for easy! 'Don't know what? He said, "Yes." He said, "It's the heart that is enough for the king." The people all love the king, and the ministers know that the king can't bear it. The king said, "Yes." Those who have the people. Although the country of Qi is small, why do I love a cow? That is, he can't bear to covet him, and if he is not guilty, he will die, so he will change it with sheep. He said, "The king is no different from the people who love the king." Small is easy to big, and he knows the evil? If the king hides his innocence and dies, what will happen to the cattle and sheep? Wang smiled and said: "What is the sincerity? I don't love it. And it is easy to be a sheep, and it is appropriate for the people to say that I love it. He said: "
There is no injury, it is a benevolent technique, and the cow is not seen the sheep. A gentleman is also to beasts, seeing their life, and not being able to bear to see their death; Hearing its voice, I can't bear to eat its flesh. It is a gentleman who cooks far away. ”
The king said: "Poetry: 'Others have a heart, and they should be considerate.'" 'The Master's Son's Sayings are also. My husband and I do it, but I ask for it, but I can't get my heart. In the words of the Master, I have a kinship with each other. The reason why this heart is in harmony with the king, why? He said: "There is a person who is restored to the king and says: 'My strength is enough to lift a hundred jun', but not enough to lift a feather; 'Ming is enough to see the end of the autumn', but if you don't see the salary, then the king is allowed?" He said, "No." "What is the only one who is full of grace and beasts, and who does not merit the people? However, if you don't lift a feather, you don't use force; If the public salary is not seen, it is not necessary to be clear, and the people are not seen, so there is no need for grace. Therefore, the king is not the king, not for it, not for it. He said, "What is the difference between the form of the incompetent and the incapable?" "I can't do it." He said: "What is the difference between the form of the incompetent and the involving? (To be continued.) )