There is also a chapter on My Country in Mencius Hui Liang Wang Shang, which is one of the articles that show Mencius' thought of "benevolent government". This paper discusses how to implement "benevolent government" and unify the world with "kingly way". "Keeping in good health and losing one's life is the beginning of kingly way" and "seventy people eat clothes and silks, and the people are not hungry or cold, but they are not kings and have everything" are the crowning touch of the article, highlighting the main idea of the article: only by implementing benevolent government can we win the hearts of the people; Only by winning the hearts of the people can we win the world. This idea of "protecting the people is king" is actually the embodiment of Mencius' people-oriented thought.
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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.
Mencius and Liang are familiar, so there is a political question and answer called "I am in the country".