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孟子 / Mencius

孟子 / Mencius is the central figure in 30.孟子：战国愤青的赤子之心, where 蜜獾吃书 rereads him as a sharp Warring States political thinker rather than a tame emblem of obedience. The episode stresses that many famous sayings in 《孟子》 are already culturally familiar, but their original force lies in arguments about renyi, ruler accountability, common people’s livelihood, and resistance to unjust power.

The source places Mencius in the 战国时期, with 邹国 origins, likely exposure to 稷下学宫, rivalry with 墨子 and 杨朱, and an active choice to extend 孔子’s renyi path. His conversations with 梁惠王 and 齐宣王 let the episode show him as rhetorically aggressive, morally demanding, and politically idealistic.

165.银发川柳：用幽默面对老年，咱们来写打油诗 adds Mencius as a reference point in the show’s Respect For Elders Tradition / 敬老传统 branch. The episode uses “老吾老以及人之老” and the idea that 70-year-olds should be able to eat meat to connect Mencian care to elder dignity, social provision, and concern for people beyond one’s own household.

《资治通鉴·周纪》26丨孟子来了！ adds Mencius’s first appearance inside the 芮淇讲透资治通鉴 Zhouji sequence. The episode narrows in on his meeting with 魏惠王 / 梁惠王 and argues that “何必曰利” should be read through 仁义优先的利益秩序: Mencius resists profit-first language, not the idea that renyi should benefit the people.

《资治通鉴·秦纪》101-2｜如何看待性本善与性本恶？ returns Mencius to the same show as the representative of 性善论. The episode summarizes his moral-sprout account and connects it to 孟子仁政 and 民贵君轻, while also placing it inside 人性可变性: good beginnings can be preserved, lost, or reshaped by later environment and cultivation.

《资治通鉴·周纪》45｜以史为鉴，君王到底该不该杀人成性？ returns Mencius to the Zhouji sequence through his meeting with 魏襄王. After judging the new Wei ruler as lacking kingly presence, Mencius says the realm can be settled only through unity and that the ruler able to unify will be one who does not love killing. The episode uses this exchange to add 不爱杀人者能一之 to the wiki’s Mencian legitimacy cluster.

《资治通鉴·周纪》49丨孟子曰：我教你治国 你却把我当花瓶 develops Mencius’s 齐宣王 branch through the conquest of 燕国. Mencius judges the campaign by whether Yan’s people are relieved, not by Qi’s speed or by the king’s claim of heavenly favor. The episode also uses his answer to 陈甲 to turn saintly fallibility into 犯错能改的领导力: a mistake may be understandable, but failing to correct it becomes a deeper political fault.

《资治通鉴·周纪》56丨 瞧瞧两千多年前啥是大丈夫 adds Mencius’s direct judgment of 犀首公孙衍 and 张仪. Asked whether such men are “大丈夫” because rulers fear them, Mencius denies that fear and diplomatic impact are enough. The episode turns his answer into 孟子大丈夫标准: the real test is moral place, correct way, solidarity with the people, and steadiness under wealth, poverty, and force.

《资治通鉴·周纪》68丨惊叹宋康王荒淫无度的狗血历史（2） adds Mencius indirectly through 滕国. The episode frames Teng as the rare Warring States polity willing to try Mencian benevolent-government ideas and to restore an older agrarian order. 宋康王 / 宋君偃’s destruction of Teng therefore becomes a Confucian memory wound as well as a territorial conquest.

《资治通鉴·周纪》75-1丨“穷奢极侈”的祖师爷管仲 adds Mencius through the 子产 river-crossing story. The episode highlights his judgment that Zi Chan’s kindness was “惠而不知为政”: a caring official should not only carry people across a cold river, but should create the public works and regular access that remove the need for such personal intervention.

《资治通鉴·周纪》79丨史上用耕牛 打胜仗第一人 adds a family-ritual use of Mencius rather than a ruler-advice scene. The episode cites the marriage-procedure norm in 《孟子》 to explain why 太史敫 / 太史角 rejects 君王后’s earlier autonomous relationship with 田法章, creating a contrast between crisis autonomous marriage and marriage ritual orthodoxy.

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