Original text:

Mencius said, "Adults are childlike."

Mencius said, "Being born is a great event, and death can be a great event."

Mencius said, "A gentleman wants to be complacent when he learns Tao. If you are complacent, you will feel at ease; In times of peace, there is deep capital; The senior is left and right, and the gentleman wants to be complacent. "

Mencius said: "erudite and refined, but you promise it on the contrary."

Translation:

Mencius said, "As an adult, you must not lose your innocence."

Mencius said, "The living raise it, not for great events, but only for the dead."

Mencius said: "there are certain ways for a gentleman to seek deep attainments, but he can only obtain them by his own efforts;" If you get it yourself, you can distinguish things; If you distinguish things safely, you can apply them deeply; Only by paying deeply can we explore the origin of things in life; So this gentleman wants to get it himself. "

Mencius said: "If you can learn all kinds of knowledge extensively and explain it in detail, it will be simplified by rhetorical questions."

Extended data:

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"An adult will never lose his childlike innocence." Explain that the great man has a broad mind, "the prime minister can hold a boat in his stomach." And childlike innocence is real and natural.

The prime minister can punt in his stomach because he doesn't care about every opinion, but he can preserve the true colors of nature and always face the world with the novelty and innocence of a childlike heart, making himself full of energy, omniscient and omnipotent.

This chapter refers to the travel of adults, who do their best, do not believe in evil and seek justice. Mencius' words are the words of adults, and his words may not be believed, and his actions may not have results, only righteousness lies. Believe what you can, and do what you can.

If you keep your word and match your words with your deeds, you are a villain. How can an adult be so evil? Gai Confucius and Pu Renmeng, who are not suitable for excuses, finally got used to excuses, indicating that you don't have to believe what you say. The Buddha comes at the call, and the son wants to go but doesn't, which may not be fruitful.