Sun Chou's Translation
Sun Chou asked Mencius if Guan Zhongyan's industry could be revived if the teacher was in power in Qi State. Mencius said that you are a Qi person just to let Guan Zhong give an example. Someone once asked to cherish it. Who is more distinctive, you or Lutz? It's just the man I was afraid of before. The man asked again, who is more distinctive, you or Guan Zhong? I really looked unhappy and said, how do you compare me with Guan Zhong? In order to gain the trust of the monarch, Guan Zhong was so single-minded, and the implementation of the decree was so long, but his achievements were so insignificant. Guan Zhong assisted Huan Gong, making him dominate the world, and Yan Zi assisted in the attack, making him famous as a vassal. Isn't someone like Guan Zhongyan worth emulating? Mencius said that it is equally annoying to unify the whole country. You said my English was bigger. The virtue of Wen Wang is really strong for a hundred years, and good governance is all over the world. Duke Zhou inherited his career and then widely preached the king's way. Now you say it is so easy to unify the world, so easy. Isn't King Wen worth emulating? Mencius said, who can compare with it in writing? From the Tang Dynasty to Wuding Xianming, there were 67 monarchs. The Premier League has been submissive for a long time, and it will be difficult to change after a long time. It should be the tide of princes, and being Wang Wuding is as easy as running a small thing in your own hands. Time is not too long. Those ancient families, beautiful customs, ancestors, benevolent policies, some are still there. There are also heavy ions and glue. So it took a long time to lose the world. At that time, there was not an inch of land that was not owned by business and residence, and there was not a citizen who was not a business and residence villager. However, in Fiona Fang 100, it is often equal to the clay pot, so it is very difficult. I have a saying, it is better to use opportunities than to have wisdom, and it is better to wait for farming time than to have hoes. It is easy to unify the world with benevolence now, even when I was so excited when I went down the mountain. This land does not exceed 65,438+0,000m in Fiona Fang. Now Qi has such a vast land. The barking of dogs kept spreading to all corners of the country. There are so many people whose land does not need reclamation, and the people do not need to replenish it. Only by implementing benevolent policies can the world be unified and no one can stop it. Moreover, Mingjun did not appear, and it was never so far apart. The people are tortured by violent politics. Never in history has it been so serious that people are hungry. Confucius said that the popularity of virtue policy is more than intended to convey, and the decree is also rapid. Now a big country with 10,000 tons and 10,000 personnel carriers implements benevolent policies, and the people are as happy as those who are upside down being rescued. So Gangu people can achieve more than half of the industries of the ancients as long as they do half of the things. This is the case at this time. Gong Sunchou asked Mencius that if the teacher has a tendency to futures, it can be realized. Mencius said that I was not tempted at the age of forty. Gong Sunchou said that it seems that the teacher is much better than Meng Ben. Mencius said, this can't be said that I am not tempted. It was earlier than me. Mencius said that the way to cultivate courage is to be almost eaten without fear, and my eyes will not escape. Even if he was hurt by others, he felt that he had been whipped in public. He can't stand the insults of people in coarse clothes or big country monarchs. He regarded the suicide of the monarch of a big country as an assassination of ordinary people. He won't go to the national army and the king to be humiliated, but he will definitely scold and won't give alms. He regards invincibility as conquerable, which is his own statement of cultivating courage. If he measures the enemy's strength before moving forward, he will consider winning or losing first. But just fearless. Those who get Meng's charity have to attack their own bodies. I don't know which one is bolder, but Meng Bushi's approach is simpler and shorter. I really said this before. Do you have it on your head? I once listened to my teacher, Confucius, who talked about the theory of Yong Yong and asked me to deal with it myself. I don't make up for each other, even the meanest person. I asked myself where I was, even if there were many troops, I would fight to the end. I don't seem to know how to keep the game. A gentleman is like that antidote. I took the liberty of asking the teacher, what's the difference between your indifference and what you said? Can you tell me something about it? Mencius said, Gao Zicheng said, words can't be expressed without seeking the heart, the heart can't be anxious, and the heart can't be worried. Strive for confrontation with FAW, if you don't ask for it, your tone is wrong. Inner ambition is dominated by will and loyalty, and strength is full of body and fatigue. When you reach what level, you will reach that level. So you should be firm in your ambition and don't misuse it. Mencius said that if you are single-minded, you will die. This will also be affected, such as falling and running. This is an exercise that focuses on one aspect of the body, and you will in turn cause changes in your mind. Sun Chou asked, what is the teacher good at? Mencius said, I am good at thoroughly understanding others' words, and I am also good at cultivating my noble spirit. What is aristocratic spirit? Mencius said this is hard to say clearly. This air pressure is the largest and strongest. If it is repaired with righteousness without loss, it will be filled between heaven and earth. This belief must be in harmony with morality, otherwise there will be no power. This kind of air is produced by the accumulation of justice, not from the outside. If you feel guilty from the heart, you have no strength. So I said you didn't agree, because he regarded you as an external thing, but it was actually a heart. We must cultivate him, but don't have a specific purpose, always remember, but don't help him grow illegally. Don't deliver goods to your door like people in the Song Dynasty. A person is worried that the seedlings will grow slowly, so he goes to raise them. He was very tired. When he got home, he was told by his family that he was very tired today. He helps the seedlings grow. His son ran over and saw that the seedlings had withered. There are few people in the world who don't help them grow up. He thinks there is no help. Lazy people who give up plant crops without weeding, and those who help them grow illegally encourage them to grow. This is not only not good, but will hurt her. How can I thoroughly understand what others say? Mencius replied, he didn't say it comprehensively, I know where he lied to you. If she does too much, I know where she is flawed. If he doesn't follow the right path, I know where he is wrong. If he dodges, I know where he hasn't reached. These four words are bound to cause political harm. If he is told by the ruler, it will inevitably endanger various affairs of the country. If a saint appears, he will definitely agree with me. I said this, that's all I'm good at. I have fame, Yan Yuanshan, virtue and Confucius, but he also said that I am not very good at it. So you are already a poet? Hey, what's this called? Qian Zigong asked, did Confucius say that the teacher was already a saint? Confucius said I was a saint. I'm just not tired of studying. My family is not tired of eating. I won't get tired of studying. This is my own family. I'm not tired. This is a person. The patient's writing teacher is already a saint, and the sage Confucius dare not pretend to be himself. What do you call this? Gong Sunchou said that before I was born, I only heard that several of them all had saints in a certain aspect, and both the fuel name and the actors had saints, but they were not as good as saints. What kind of person do you belong to? Mencius said not to talk about this for the time being, and Gong Sunchou asked Boyi and Yi Ying how they were doing. Mencius did not get their way of life. He is not his ideal strategist. He didn't serve, and he didn't use his ideal person. When the world is peaceful, he will come out as an official, and when the world is chaotic, he will live in seclusion. I see. Any monarch can serve and any people can summon. The same is true of Guanyin. To be an official is to be an official. If you want to stay, you should stay and leave at once. Confucius is like this. These are ancient saints. I didn't do it. As for what I hope, I still want to learn from Confucius. Gong Sunchou asked Bo Yiying if he could be compared with Confucius. Mencius said that no one can compare with Confucius since ancient times, and Sun Chou asked, so do the three of them have something in common? Mu Zi hit, if they can get the land in Fiona Fang 100 and become the monarch, they can make the vassals come to appear before the unified world. If they are asked to do an immoral thing and an innocent person comes to the world, they will not do it. This is what they have in common. What's their difference? Mencius said that if Zigong has talents, it is enough to be a saint. Even if they have shortcomings, they will not be partial to the people they like. I said that, in my opinion, books are much better than Yao Shun's, so I made clear his formal listening and music by directly confessing the salute etiquette. Even if we evaluate the opinions of kings since the last hundred generations, no one can compare with Confucius in human history. Kirin is relative to animals, Phoenix is relative to birds, Mount Tai is relative to mounds, rivers and seas are relative to ditches, and saints are similar to people, but far beyond their classes and groups. Since the beginning of human history, there is no greater man than Confucius. Mencius said that in order to dominate the world, we must rely on the strength of national strength and practice benevolence and righteousness by virtue, so we can unify the world, so there is no need to temporarily strengthen national strength. They only used 70 miles of land in Fiona Fang, while King Wen only used 500 miles to control the world in Fangyuan. Those who conquer others by force will not be completely convinced. Just because they are not strong enough, those who rely on morality to make people obey will be convinced, just like 72 students in Confucius obey Confucius. Selfishly said that he was completely convinced from west to east and from north, which is exactly what Mencius said. If we don't practice benevolent governance, we will be humiliated. People nowadays are afraid of shame, but they are reluctant to part with it. It's like they hate being in low-lying places when it's wet. If they are really afraid of losing face, it is best to advocate morality, and respect means that people put sages in high positions and people hold important positions, so the country will have no internal worries. At this time, foreign invasion is revising the political code, and even big countries will be afraid. Before we can speak English, we should remove the bark from the mulberry roots and repair the portal. But who dares to bully us under the window? Confucius said that the author of this poem really understands the truth. The monarch can govern the country well. Who dares to insult him? Today, the country has no domestic troubles and foreign invasion. At this moment, it is equal to creation or disaster, disaster and happiness, which are not brought by itself. The driver said that he would always follow the objective laws and pursue more happiness by himself. Cai Xia also said that disasters caused by nature can escape the evil he caused, so it is impossible to survive. It is in this situation that Mencius said that all sages, servants and outstanding figures have official positions, so all scholars in the world will be happy. Everyone is willing to increase the supply of goods that are not taxed or unsalable in the imperial political market according to law, then businessmen all over the world will be happy and willing to do trading checkpoints and carry out tax-free inspections in this market, then tourists all over the world will be happy and willing to run on this road, and people who farm fields will not be levied again, so farmers all over the world will be happy and willing to farm in this field. There is no need to pay drowsiness and corvee in residential areas, so people all over the world will be happy and willing to move to such land to live. If anyone can really implement these 565 changes, the people of the whole country will respect him like their parents. Ning Guo Jun's delusion of achievement is like medicine. People think that your children attacked their parents. This kind of thing has never been successful since human beings began. If so, it will be invincible. The invincible man in the world is called justice. Never before, we can achieve this goal without unifying the world. Mencius said that everyone has compassion. Because the ancient monarch had compassion for others, he had the strategy of compassion and allowed him to have compassion for others' hearts. It is as easy to pity the correctness of others and govern the world as to run things in their hands. The reason why people are sympathetic to others is because if I suddenly see a child fall into a well now, everyone has the sympathy of epigrams. This kind of emotion is not to break up with the child's parents, to gain the reputation of friends in the village, or to hate the child's crying. From this point of view, if a person has no sympathy, shame, humility and right and wrong, sympathy is the beginning of people, and shame is the beginning of righteousness. Modesty is the beginning of wisdom, and there is no heart of right and wrong. Being able to have these four beginnings is like having limbs in your body. I thought I was helpless and gave up on myself. His monarch has these four beginnings, and those who think the king is incompetent, are the kings of tyrants, and those who violently abandon the king. Anyone who has these four beginnings, if he knows that they have been expanded and enriched, just like a spring that has just ignited a flame, begins to flow out. If not, why is the summoned afraid that his arrow won't hurt people, while the forger is afraid that his fake can't resist the sword and hurt people? The same is true of housekeepers and carpenters, so people can't help but be cautious when choosing their livelihood skills. Confucius said that getting along with people is perfect. How can a person be smart if he doesn't choose to get along with others? People are born with the noblest title and the most comfortable residence, and nothing can stop you. But you can't stand it. You are stupid, heartless and rude. This kind of person is humble and ashamed to be a servant, just like the recruiter who built a working committee in Zhao Jian. If you are really ashamed, it is better to practice your ability and experience the energy of human resources. People all over the world have to straighten up first, and then have a holiday. If you miss, you can't blame people who are better than yourself. You should look back at yourself to find the reason. Mencius said that Lutz was happy when others said you were wrong, and saluted people when he heard what he meant, which was even better than them. He is kind, abandons his own shortcomings, learns from others' strengths, and is willing to absorb others' strengths to improve himself. He has been doing it since she started farming. There is no time when the son of heaven does not learn from others and learn from each other's strengths. This is doing good with others. Therefore, the greatest person of a gentleman is to be kind to others. Boyi's unqualified monarch is not a phoenix, not his ideal friend who doesn't make friends, doesn't work for the wicked court, and doesn't talk to the wicked. He feels that serving in the wicked court and talking to anyone is like wearing a court hat, sitting in the house or on charcoal ashes, spreading this aversion to evil deeds, just like villagers. If the man's hat is not straight, he will leave angrily, as if he were to be punished. So at that time, the monarchs of all countries hired him as an official, but she didn't accept it. He didn't accept it because he disdained to serve them, but Liu Xiahui didn't serve them.