Ancient prose with the theme of "unity and cooperation" or "cooperation"

The ancients in China said: If you get the Tao, you will get more help, but if you lose it, you will get less help.

Original text:

Mencius said: "The weather is not as good as the geographical position, and the geographical position is not as good as human harmony."

The city of three miles, the country of seven miles, was invincible when attacked by the Lord of the Rings. If the husband attacks it, he will get the right time; However, if you don't win, it's better to be in the right place at the right time.

The city is not high, the pond is not deep, the army is not strong, and there are not many meters; Entrusting it to others is not as good as human harmony.

Therefore, the people in the territory do not take the border, the country does not take the risk of mountains and rivers, and the benefits of the world do not take the benefits of war. Those who gain the Tao help more, while those who lose the Tao help less. When there is little help, relatives will be there; Help more, and the world will be at peace. Take advantage of the world and attack your relatives. A gentleman wins without fighting.

Vernacular translation:

Mencius said: "The weather conditions conducive to combat are not comparable to the geographical situation conducive to combat, and the geographical situation conducive to combat is not comparable to the people's hearts and internal unity in combat."

The inner city of Li San in Fiona Fang and the outer city of Qi Li in Fiona Fang were surrounded and attacked, but they could not win. To encircle and attack it, we must get the weather season (conducive to combat), but we can't win because the weather conditions (conducive to combat) are not as good as the geographical situation (conducive to combat).

The city wall is not high, the moat is not deep, the weapons and equipment are not sharp, and the food is not insufficient. However, the defenders abandoned the city and fled because the geographical situation (conducive to combat) was not as good as the will of the people in the battle.

Therefore, to make people live in peace instead of moving to other places, we cannot rely on the demarcation of territorial boundaries, the consolidation of national defense cannot rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and the deterrence of the world cannot rely on the strength of weapons and equipment. People who practice benevolent policies will have more people to help and support him, while those who do not practice benevolent policies will have fewer people to help and support him. Too few people help him, and relatives inside and outside will betray him.

So many people helped him that everyone in the world surrendered to him. On the condition that all the people in the world submit to him, attack those whose relatives at home and abroad betray him, so the gentleman wins without fighting.

Source: Mencius' "Get more help from the Tao, get less help from the Tao" during the Warring States Period.

About the author:

Mencius (about 372 BC-289 BC), surnamed Ji, was born in Zou State (now Zoucheng, Jining, Shandong) during the Warring States Period.

A famous philosopher, thinker, politician and educator in the Warring States period, one of the representatives of Confucianism, was second only to Confucius, and was also called "Confucius and Mencius" with Confucius. Advocating "benevolent government", he first put forward the idea that "the people are more expensive than the monarch".

Han Yu listed Mencius as a Confucian figure who inherited the Confucian orthodoxy in the pre-Qin period in The Original Road. In the Yuan Dynasty, Mencius was named "Elegant Gong Sheng Chen Shu" and honored as "Elegant Saint". Mencius is a collection of essays compiled by Mencius' disciple * *, which advocates "benevolence-oriented".

Representative works include "I want what I want" and "If you get it, you will get more help, and if you lose it, you will get less help". Born in sorrow, died in happiness, wealth can't be immoral. "I want what I want" and "I am for my motherland" are included in middle school Chinese textbooks.

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Creative background:

Selected from Mencius, Gongsun Chou Xia, Mencius was born in the noble state of Lu, and his ancestors were in the late period of Lu. But when Mencius was born, his family had already declined. The chaos at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period gradually declined their family and forced them to move from Shandong to Zou. After that, things were difficult, and Mencius had to "rent a house" when he was young.

The situation of Mencius' parents cannot be verified now. What has been handed down is that Mencius lost his father in his childhood and lived with his mother. For the study of Mencius, Meng Mu chose his neighbor and stayed for three times, but he got angry and broke the machine. From the age of 40, Mencius began to get in touch with politicians from all over the world, wandering among vassal States and propagating his thoughts and political opinions.

Mencius inherited Confucius' thought of "benevolence" and advocated "people-oriented". "The people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the light." Mencius opposed the annexation war. He believes that war is too cruel and advocates "benevolent government" to unify the world. The theoretical basis of Mencius' theory of "benevolent government" is "the theory of good nature"

Mencius said, "Everyone has a hidden heart." He believes that goodness is the unique nature of human beings and the fundamental symbol that distinguishes human beings from animals.

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