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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
people love and respect for life are essential to being a good ruler TO THINK A LITTLE DURING THESE ELECTIONS OF 28 OCTOBER AND THIS INTERNATIONAL
Reviewing history, we often meet with tyrants, despots, and oppressed people, tired of the bad actions of their rulers. But there were those who also ruled with great virtue, learning and applying the advice of scholars and teachers.
Meng Ke, better known in the West as Mencius lived from 372-289 BC in the ancient Kingdom of Zou, China. It was a great thinker and educator
r; between their teachings studied by generations of Chinese officials are "governs with virtue" and "
A person with great love has no enemies in the world
." At that time China was a large area divided into several kingdoms. Mencius went to several of these realms to teach philosophy. One day, King Xuanwang the United Qi was invited as imperial adviser, and this time asked, "Qihua Jinwen Gong and Gong were two very powerful kings in the era of Spring and Autumn (722-481 BC), could you tell me about them? "" I do not want to talk about these two kings. If you insist, I would like to discuss how to unify the world under . "
"Uniting the world with virtue? How can that be? "Replied the king. "It's simple," said Mencius,
if all it does is for the welfare of the people
, when trying to unify the world, no one can stop it. " Xuanwang The king then asked, "Can someone like me help people have a good life?" "Yes, Your Majesty may," Mencius replied.
"How do you know that I can?"
"I heard a story about you. One day, sitting in the palace, he saw someone passing by pulling a cow. 'Where does that cow? " asked you, 'A sacrifice for worship,' replied the man. 'Free the cow! I can not bear to see her shaking, the cow does not deserve to die, has not done anything wrong ', and the man said "So, we can no longer sacrifice animals for worship?". And you said, 'How can we not worship? Sacrifice a sheep instead. " Is this story true? " "Yes, indeed," said the king. "Only by having such a good heart, can you unify the world. When people heard the story, thought it was a miserable because a sheep costs less than a cow. I knew it was not true. You did that because he could not bear to see a cow slaughtered. " Xuanwang
replied, "Yes, some think that. Although my kingdom is not very big, how could I be so miserable to save a cow for reasons of austerity? I really did not want to see a cow killed. "
"Please do not blame these people for thinking so," said Mencius, "just saw that sacrificed to a sheep to save a cow, how could see the deeper meaning behind their actions? In addition, if you really care about the life of the innocent, what was then the difference between a cow and a sheep? "
" You're right. I can not explain myself, "said the king, but did not for economic reasons. People may have their reasons for thinking that way. "
" No matter. His Majesty spared the cow because it is a good person, at which time he saw a cow, not a sheep. When he saw that the cow would be sacrificed, because his heart of compassion, could not stand it. Actually, the sheep gives so much pain as the cow. "
"But
for the people, His Majesty appreciates over the life of an animal than they
, why? It is as if he could raise a ton of weight but not able to lift a pen, you can see the tip of a hair, but not a wagon load of firewood. The people can not feel your love and compassion. There is no doubt why they think it is a miserable. His Majesty does not unify the world with virtue, not because it is capable, but because they want to. "
Xuanwang not understand and asked, "What is the difference between not wanting and not power?" Mencius replied, "If you ask a man to jump over the Sea North with Mount Tai under your arms, it will say, 'I can not do it. " Of course you can not, but if asked to break a small branch of an elder, it could just say, 'I can not do it. " He does not want to, it is not capable of doing. Do good to his people is not like jumping on the North Sea with Mount Tai under your arms, but how to break a branch of an elder. The ancient sages
far outweigh the people today, not because they had a special ability, but because they were determined to promote good deeds. " ." At that time China was a large area divided into several kingdoms. Mencius went to several of these realms to teach philosophy. One day, King Xuanwang the United Qi was invited as imperial adviser, and this time asked, "Qihua Jinwen Gong and Gong were two very powerful kings in the era of Spring and Autumn (722-481 BC), could you tell me about them? "" I do not want to talk about these two kings. If you insist, I would like to discuss how to unify the world under . "
"Uniting the world with virtue? How can that be? "Replied the king. "It's simple," said Mencius, if all it does is for the welfare of the people
, when trying to unify the world, no one can stop it. " Xuanwang The king then asked, "Can someone like me help people have a good life?" "Yes, Your Majesty may," Mencius replied.
"How do you know that I can?"
"I heard a story about you. One day, sitting in the palace, he saw someone passing by pulling a cow. 'Where does that cow? " asked you, 'A sacrifice for worship,' replied the man. 'Free the cow! I can not bear to see her shaking, the cow does not deserve to die, has not done anything wrong ', and the man said "So, we can no longer sacrifice animals for worship?". And you said, 'How can we not worship? Sacrifice a sheep instead. " Is this story true? " "Yes, indeed," said the king. "Only by having such a good heart, can you unify the world. When people heard the story, thought it was a miserable because a sheep costs less than a cow. I knew it was not true. You did that because he could not bear to see a cow slaughtered. " Xuanwang
replied, "Yes, some think that. Although my kingdom is not very big, how could I be so miserable to save a cow for reasons of austerity? I really did not want to see a cow killed. "
"Please do not blame these people for thinking so," said Mencius, "just saw that sacrificed to a sheep to save a cow, how could see the deeper meaning behind their actions? In addition, if you really care about the life of the innocent, what was then the difference between a cow and a sheep? "
" You're right. I can not explain myself, "said the king, but did not for economic reasons. People may have their reasons for thinking that way. "
" No matter. His Majesty spared the cow because it is a good person, at which time he saw a cow, not a sheep. When he saw that the cow would be sacrificed, because his heart of compassion, could not stand it. Actually, the sheep gives so much pain as the cow. "
"But
for the people, His Majesty appreciates over the life of an animal than they
, why? It is as if he could raise a ton of weight but not able to lift a pen, you can see the tip of a hair, but not a wagon load of firewood. The people can not feel your love and compassion. There is no doubt why they think it is a miserable. His Majesty does not unify the world with virtue, not because it is capable, but because they want to. "
Xuanwang not understand and asked, "What is the difference between not wanting and not power?" Mencius replied, "If you ask a man to jump over the Sea North with Mount Tai under your arms, it will say, 'I can not do it. " Of course you can not, but if asked to break a small branch of an elder, it could just say, 'I can not do it. " He does not want to, it is not capable of doing. Do good to his people is not like jumping on the North Sea with Mount Tai under your arms, but how to break a branch of an elder. The ancient sages
"His Majesty does not want to do these things for a reason:
his greatest desire is to conquer the world and rule over all kingdoms by military force. Do not put the people's interests above all
. But if he wants to fulfill his desire to rule the world with military power, not only fail but also cause major disasters. Please think carefully. Do you really want to display all their armies, jeopardizing the lives of their soldiers and generals, make enemies of other kingdoms and bring disasters to the people only for their own happiness? "
Xuanwang replied," No ... Why so many beckoning me feel happy problems? All I wanted was to please my desires. I had no idea of \u200b\u200bthese bad consequences. Now, after that I have said, I understand. "
Mencius said, "
If His Majesty is happy when the people are happy, then the people will return the same. If Her Majesty is concerned about people's problems, then people will feel the same way
. If Your Majesty can be happy or sad the same way that the world, then it is impossible not to rule the world with virtue. People from distant places will be attracted to his kingdom, the people here live in peace and prosperity. The world's people want and will support it. Want to make your kingdom is in that state? ". But if he wants to fulfill his desire to rule the world with military power, not only fail but also cause major disasters. Please think carefully. Do you really want to display all their armies, jeopardizing the lives of their soldiers and generals, make enemies of other kingdoms and bring disasters to the people only for their own happiness? "
Xuanwang replied," No ... Why so many beckoning me feel happy problems? All I wanted was to please my desires. I had no idea of \u200b\u200bthese bad consequences. Now, after that I have said, I understand. "
Mencius said, "
If His Majesty is happy when the people are happy, then the people will return the same. If Her Majesty is concerned about people's problems, then people will feel the same way
The king was very happy," I like your idea, I'll try. I hope you can help me achieve this goal. "
Xuanwang abandoned his plan to conquer the world with military force and chose to govern with virtue. As a result, the United Qi became a peaceful and prosperous.
Source: The Epoch Times
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