Source: Mencius's "I Go to the Country": "Dogs eat people without knowing the inspection, and they eat hunger without knowing the hair. When people die, they say,' It's not me, it's also the age.' What's the difference between stabbing people and killing people, saying,' It's not me, it's a soldier'? The king is innocent, and the people in the world are heavy. "
At present, pigs and dogs eat food that people eat but don't know how to stop it. Hungry people appear on the road but don't know how to help hungry people. When people die, they say,' It doesn't matter to me, it's because the years are bad'. What's the difference between killing people and saying,' It's nothing to do with me, it's a weapon'? Your majesty, don't blame the famine year, so people all over the world will flock to you. "
Rulers should stop the widening gap between the rich and the poor, which will eventually lead to the uprising of the poor. Another force in North Korea used this to overthrow the current ruler.
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Creative background:
During the Warring States period, countries competed for hegemony, and frequent wars led to a large number of population migration and casualties. At that time, there was neither a nationality system nor immigration restrictions, and people were free to find their own paradise. Which country is more stable, more prosperous and happier, move to that country as the subject. The population of a country is also one of the signs of a country's stability and prosperity.
Therefore, all suppliers hope that the population of their country will increase. Liang is no exception. 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.