State-owned brand Mencius

C) When reading ancient books, Mencius expounded his views on how to make friends with the ancients by telling people about the world. )

Reference translation

Mencius said to Zhang Wan, "Outstanding people in a village will make friends with outstanding people in that village; outstanding people in the country will make friends with outstanding people in the country; outstanding people in the world will make friends with outstanding people in the world. I don't think it's enough to make friends with outstanding people in the world, even the ancients. Recite their poems. Study their works and don't know who they are. Is it okay? So we should study their times. This is to trace the history and make friends with the ancients. "