Excellent ideas in the way of Confucius and Mencius (personal view, for reference only) - China DOS Union Forum

Use the small to serve the great;
Honor the king and belittle the hegemons;
Balance leniency and severity;
Sacrifice oneself to fulfill benevolence;
The ruler should employ his ministers with propriety, and ministers should serve the ruler with loyalty;
The three bonds and five constant virtues;
The three obediences and four virtues;
Preserve heavenly principle, destroy human desires;
Those who follow Heaven survive, those who go against Heaven perish;
All things are already complete within me;
The people may be made to follow it, but may not be made to understand it;
Only the highest wisdom and the lowest stupidity do not change;
The gentleman understands righteousness, the petty man understands profit;
The gentleman cherishes virtue, the petty man cherishes the land;
Only women and petty men are hard to raise;
In five hundred years there must arise a true king;
If one cannot endure small things, great plans will be thrown into disorder;

As for that line, "Only women and petty men are hard to raise," there is no need to give it a twisted interpretation. The analysis in Aranya has already seriously distorted its original meaning. What era was Confucius from? He was a shi from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period thousands of years ago. At that time, women were "things" that could be bought and sold, given away, just like cattle and sheep. What dignity or personhood could they speak of? And at that time it also happened that petty men were usurping power and throwing states into chaos. For Confucius to compare treacherous usurpers to small-footed women was really most appropriate.

Floor1　李小龙	Posted 2003-06-20 00:00
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Use the small to serve the great; Honor the king and belittle the hegemons; Balance leniency and severity; Sacrifice oneself to fulfill benevolence; The ruler should employ his ministers with propriety, and ministers should serve the ruler with loyalty; The three bonds and five constant virtues; The three obediences and four virtues; Preserve heavenly principle, destroy human desires; Those who follow Heaven survive, those who go against Heaven perish; All things are already complete within me; The people may be made to follow it, but may not be made to understand it; Only the highest wisdom and the lowest stupidity do not change; The gentleman understands righteousness, the petty man understands profit; The gentleman cherishes virtue, the petty man cherishes the land; Only women and petty men are hard to raise; In five hundred years there must arise a true king; If one cannot endure small things, great plans will be thrown into disorder; As for that line, "Only women and petty men are hard to raise," there is no need to give it a twisted interpretation. The analysis in Aranya has already seriously distorted its original meaning. What era was Confucius from? He was a shi from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period thousands of years ago. At that time, women were "things" that could be bought and sold, given away, just like cattle and sheep. What dignity or personhood could they speak of? And at that time it also happened that petty men were usurping power and throwing states into chaos. For Confucius to compare treacherous usurpers to small-footed women was really most appropriate.

Floor2　yiyesong	Posted 2003-06-20 00:00
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This doesn't belong in the literature and works category, it's just your personal opinion, so I'm moving it to the chatter section. Please don't post this kind of thread in the literature board in the future. Better keep it in the chatter section.

Floor3　MYS	Posted 2003-06-20 00:00
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"The people may be made to follow it, but may not be made to understand it"—this is a typical policy of keeping the people ignorant. If it were like that, Xiaolong shouldn't study anything at all; others tell you what to do, and you just do it.