What is pot calling the kettle black? Where did it come from? What do you mean?

An article "I am for the country" from King Huiliang of Mencius means: I only ran 50 steps and laughed at others for running 100 steps.

Excerpts from the original text:

Mencius said to him, "The king is belligerent. Please use the metaphor of war. Replenish drums, weapons company, abandon armor. Or stop after a hundred steps, or stop after fifty steps. What if the pot is too black? "

Translation:

Mencius replied, "Your Majesty likes fighting. Let me use the metaphor of war. Drumming, the two armies go to war, and the defeated throw away their armor and drag their weapons to escape. Some people escape a hundred steps and then stop, while others escape fifty steps and then stop. What if you only run fifty steps and laugh at others for running a hundred steps? "

Extended data

Writing background:

During the Warring States period, countries competed for hegemony, and frequent wars led to a large number of population migration and casualties. At that time, there was neither a nationality system nor immigration restrictions, and people were free to find their own paradise. Which country is more stable, more prosperous and happier, move to that country as the subject. The population of a country is also one of the signs of a country's stability and prosperity.

Therefore, all suppliers hope that the population of their country will increase. Liang is no exception. My Motherland is also selected from Mencius Liang Wang Hui, which is the third chapter in the upper part of this paper.

About the author:

Mencius (about 372 BC-289 BC) was born in Zou (now Zoucheng City, Shandong Province) 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".

The Original Road by Han Yu listed Mencius as a Confucian figure who inherited the Confucian orthodoxy in the pre-Qin period, while the Yuan Dynasty posthumously awarded Mencius as "elegant Gong Sheng" and respected him as "elegant saint". Mencius is a collection of essays compiled by Mencius and his disciples, which advocates "benevolence-oriented".

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