The role of a few people in the country
Dynasty: Pre-Qin
Author: Disciples of Mencius
Original text:
King Hui of Liang said: "I only care about the country with all my heart and ears. If there is trouble in the river, move the people to the east of the river, and move the millet to the river. The same is true for the trouble in the east of the river. If you look at the policies of neighboring countries, you will not be as careful as the few. . The people of neighboring countries are not reduced, and the people of the poor are not increased. Why?" Mencius said: "The king likes to fight, please use the metaphor of war, and the weapons are ready. "If you abandon your armor and follow your troops, you may take a hundred steps and then stop, or you may take fifty steps and then stop a hundred steps." He said, "No. If you don't take a hundred steps straight, you can't." Said: "If the king knows this, there is no hope that the people will be more numerous than those of neighboring countries. If the farming season is not violated, the grain will not be enough to eat. If a few grains of rice are not put into the pond, the fish and turtles will not be able to eat. If the ax and kilograms are used to enter the mountains and forests, the timber will not be able to be eaten. Use it. Grain, fish and turtles cannot be eaten, and wood cannot be used. This is the beginning of the king's way to maintain health and death without regrets. A five-acre house is filled with mulberry trees. You can wear silk clothes. If chickens, dolphins, dogs and pigs are not lost in their time, those who are seventy can eat meat. If you do not take away a hundred acres of land in their time, a family of several people will not be hungry. I will follow the teachings of Xiangxu and apply for it. With the righteousness of filial piety and brotherhood, those who are awarded white will live up to their duties on the road. Those who are seventy years old will wear silk and eat meat, and the people will not be hungry or cold. However, if they are not kings, they will not know how to eat. They will be hungry. When a person dies, he says, "It's not me, it's Sui." How is it different from stabbing someone and saying, "It's not me, it's a soldier." The king is not guilty of Sui. To Yan.
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