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Mencius – Chapter 7.10 Self-sabotage vs. Benevolence and Righteousness
Mencius said: “One who harms himself cannot be reasoned with; one who abandons himself cannot be partnered with in meaningful action.”
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Mencius – Chapter 7.9 Winning Hearts, Not Battles: Benevolence attracts People and tyrants drive them away
Mencius said: “Jie of Xia and Zhou of Shang lost the empire because they lost the people;and they lost the people because they lost their hearts.”
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Mencius – Chapter 7.8 Self-inflicted ruin and the moral roots
Mencius said: “Can one reason with those unbenevolent men?They feel secure in danger, profit from disasters, and even take pleasure in the very things that will destroy them.If such people could still be reasoned with, how could there ever be ruined states or broken families?”
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Mencius – Chapter 7.7 The folly of seeking power without benevolence
Mencius said: “When the world is governed by the Dao, those of lesser virtue serve those of greater virtue, and the less worthy among the virtuous serve the more worthy.But when the world is without the Dao, the small are enslaved by the great, and the weak are dominated by the strong.”