How to understand "there is a saying in the world that you can die with it." There is no way in the world, and you can die with it. "

Understanding: when there is a way in the world, act according to moral standards; When there is no road in the world, defend moral principles with your life. I have never heard of anyone who can sacrifice moral principles to serve himself.

Source: Mencius with all my heart from Mencius during the Warring States Period.

Excerpt from the original text: Sun Chou said: "The Tao is high and beautiful, so if it is natural, it seems unattainable." Why not in a few days? "Mencius said:" There is a Tao in the world, so you should die with it; There is no way in the world, you are a martyr. I have never heard of anyone who was martyred by Tao. Mencius said, "People who can't do anything can't do anything." . Thick is thin, and everything is thin. If it is sharp, it will shrink back. "

Vernacular translation: Gongsun Chou said: "Tao is very high and good, which seems impossible to achieve, just like ascending to heaven;" Why not make it full of hope and let people pursue it persistently every day? "Mencius said:" The world is peaceful, and Tao can be practiced by me; "The world is chaotic and dark, and I am willing to sacrifice myself for Tao. I have never heard of sacrificing pottery to cater to others. "

Mencius said: "People who should not be abandoned are abandoned, so there is no one who cannot be abandoned. If you don't treat the people who should be treated well, then there is no one who won't be treated badly. People who enter too fast will retreat too fast. "

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Creative background:

Mencius is a descendant of Lu nobles. He lost his father when he was young, and his family was poor. He was a disciple of Zisi. After finishing his studies, he lobbied the governors as scholars in an attempt to promote his own political views, and successively went to Liang, Qi, Song, Teng and Lu.

At that time, several great powers devoted themselves to Qiang Bing, a rich country, and strived to achieve reunification by force. He inherited Confucius' thought of benevolence and developed it into the thought of benevolent government, which was called "elegance and sage".

Mencius took Confucius as an example and led his disciples all over the world. But it was not accepted by all countries at that time. He retired and wrote books with his disciples. His theoretical starting point is the theory of good nature, which puts forward "benevolent governance" and "kingly governance" and advocates rule by virtue. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu called Mencius, The Analects of Confucius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean the Four Books. Mencius is the largest and heaviest of the four books, with more than 35 thousand words.