孟子的民本思想终于有机会被系统地阐述出来,当他遇到梁惠王诉苦,而且强调苦于百姓对他的为民用心之苦无动于衷的时候。孟子针对他的困惑不解,一开始便提高到民本思想的第一个要点,保民,即安抚百姓的高度来说理。要保民,一要减轻赋税,二要反对兼并战争才行。于是,孟子艺术地以战争打比方,以五十步笑百步的假设予以考量。他料定梁惠王从暴政、霸道立场出发,势必斥责临阵逃兵。这样,梁惠王之所谓为 Finally, Mencius’s people-centered thinking has finally been systematically expounded. When he meets with Liang Hui-wang, he emphasizes that he is suffering from the indifference of the people to his hard-working heart. Mencius puzzled his confusion, and at the very beginning he raised the first point of the people-based thinking, protecting the people, that is, appeasing the height of the people. To protect the people, we must first reduce taxes, and second, we must oppose the merger war. As a result, Mencius art to war analogy, with 50 steps to assume a hundred steps to be considered. He expected Liang Hui Wang from tyranny, overbearing position, is bound to blame the desertion deserted. In this way, the so-called Liang Hui Wang