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Mencius' original text is like this: "Everything is ready, except for the east wind. Go against it and be sincere, and be happy. Strong forgiveness, begging for benevolence and not kissing. " Obviously, the premise of "reflexive honesty" is that "everything is ready, only the east wind is needed", and it turns out that the last sentence of "great joy" means that forgiveness is a shortcut to seeking benevolence. It reminds us that this chapter of Mencius is a matter of seeking benevolence. From the history of philosophy to the history of education, many textbooks understand "everything is enough for me or my heart" as "idealism". Is that so? Actually, it's not. Since ancient times, many commentators have understood the "thing" of "everything" as "thing". In other words, this "thing" does not refer to external things that have nothing to do with people's consciousness, but things that enter people's life world. Simply put, it is a question of people's thoughts and behaviors. Wang Yangming has a famous saying that "meaning is matter", that is, "matter" is related to people's intentions and generates a meaningful world for people. Heidegger's "Being and Time" has a sentence called "getting started". The so-called "things to get started" are things that people care about, are busy and manage. I also talked about that "thing" and "thing". Everything about people has its own way and reason. Therefore, further, "everything" must point to "the principle of everything". Everything is conceived and completed by people, and people give themselves activities, thus giving meaning to the world. How can people do this? It is because heaven and earth have given people this kind of performance when they created this kind of thing. According to this nature, people make their life world show coherence, order and significance. Therefore, "everything is ready, only the east wind is needed" means "everything in human nature is reasonable". The Book of Songs says: "People are naturally steamed and have rules." Mencius once quoted this poem to clarify the principle of "good nature": "Ze" refers to both the principle of sex and the principle of things; The two are integrally connected. Source: China teachers.