I am loyal to my country.
Original text:
King Hui of Liang said, "I am a country, and I devote myself to it. If Hanoi is fierce, the people will move to Hedong and the millet will move to Hanoi; Hedong is also fierce. People who observe the politics of neighboring countries have no intention like me. There are not many people in neighboring countries, and there are not many people in my country. Why? "
Mencius said to him, "The king is belligerent. Please use the metaphor of war. Replenish drums, weapons company, abandon armor. Or stop after a hundred steps, or stop after fifty steps. What if the pot is too black? " ?
King Hui of Liang said, "No, it's not a hundred paces straight, but it's also a walk."
Mencius said, "If Wang knew this, there would be no hope that there would be more people than neighboring countries."
"If you don't go against the farming season, the valley can't take food; If you don't count, neither fish nor turtle can be eaten. Axe gold gets into the mountain in time, and mywood can't be used. Valley and fish turtles can't fight for food, and wood and wood can't fight for it, which makes people lose their lives and have no regrets. Keeping in good health and dying without regret is the beginning of kingly way.
"Five acres of house, the tree is mulberry, and fifty people can wear clothes; Chickens, dolphins and dogs are all domestic animals, so there is no time to waste. Seventy people can eat meat; A hundred acres of land, if you don't hurry, a family of several can be hungry; I sincerely hope that the godson of the cult will be filial, and the winners will not be on the road. Seventy people eat meat, while Li people are neither hungry nor cold. However, they are not kings and have nothing. "
"Dogs don't know when they eat people's food, and they don't know when they are hungry. When people die, they say,' It's not me, it's age.' Why is it different from stabbing and killing people? It said,' Not me, but a soldier. ? The king is innocent, and the people in the world are heavy. "
Translation:
Liang said to him, "I am very loyal to my country!" " When there was a famine in Hanoi, the people there were moved to Hedong, and the food in Hedong was transferred to Hanoi. There is a famine in Hedong, and we will do the same. Look at the monarchs of neighboring countries presiding over political affairs. No one tries as hard as I do.
The number of people in neighboring countries has not decreased, and my number has not increased. Why? Mencius replied: "Your Majesty likes war, so I will take war as an example.
The drums were ringing and the fighting was fierce. The defeated soldiers threw down their helmets and fled with their weapons. Some ran hundreds of steps before stopping, while others stopped after running fifty steps. What if you laugh at others for running a hundred steps just because you only ran fifty steps? "Liang said," no, he just didn't escape to the hundred paces, but he escaped! "
Mencius said, "If you understand this, you don't have to expect your own people to increase compared with neighboring countries." As long as it does not violate the farming season, food will not be eaten; If the dense fishing nets don't enter the pond, fish and turtles can't finish eating aquatic products; When trees are cut down regularly, wood will be inexhaustible.
Food and fish are inexhaustible, and wood is inexhaustible, so that ordinary people can support their families and bury the dead without regret. Ordinary people have no regrets when they die in health, which is the beginning of kingliness. "
"Next to the five-acre residential field, mulberry trees are planted, and fifty-year-old people can wear silk; Don't miss the season of raising chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs. People over 70 can often eat meat. If a family grows 100 mu of land in the farming season, there will be no famine in a family of several.
Attach importance to the education of rural schools and the principle of filial piety to elders. Old people with gray hair will no longer carry their heads. People over 70 can wear silk and eat fish, while ordinary people are not short of clothes and food. You can never do this without being king of the world. "
"Pigs and dogs eat people's food, and I don't know how to stop it. People who starve to death appear on the road and don't know how to help the hungry. When people die, they will say,' I didn't kill anyone, it was because of my age.'
This statement is different from killing people with a knife and saying,' I didn't kill them, it was the murder weapon'. Your Majesty, don't blame Niancheng, so people all over the world will flock to you. "
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My Motherland is also selected from Mencius Liang Wang Hui, which is the third chapter in the upper part of this paper. According to Records of the Historian Wei, in the thirty-fifth year of Liang Huiwang, he "paid a lot of money with humble gifts to recruit talents", so several sages, including Mencius, came to the girder all the way.
As soon as they met, Liang wanted to get a good plan of "benefiting the country and the people", while Mencius pointed out that "there is no need to talk about profit, but there is also benevolence and righteousness", pointing out the serious harm in terms of profit and the important significance of practicing benevolence and righteousness. Another meeting between them was at the edge of a pond where animals were swimming. King Hui of Liang proudly asked Mencius, "Is the sage also happy for this?"
Mencius takes "sage enjoys it, but those who don't correct it are happy" as the topic, and through the comparison of historical facts, proves the different results of sage's "happiness" and those who don't correct it: Wang Wen cares about the people, and the people love him, and Wang Wen can be happy; Xia Jie has no sympathy for the people, and the people hate him, so Xia Jie can't enjoy himself.
It was in the process of contact and conversation that Mencius and Liang deepened their understanding, so there was a political question and answer that was told through the ages.
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