谈到孔子的义利观,人们极易想到的,是他“罕言利”的态度和“君子喻于义,小人喻于利”的评论。尽管孔子对义利关系的认识还有许多,但有了这两条记录,余者就大多被遮蔽起来,并成为后人传承或判断孔子义利观的主要根据。孟子在回答梁惠王“叟不远千里而来,亦将有以利吾国乎”的问题时,就立马回答说:“王何必曰利?亦有仁义而已矣。” When it comes to the concept of righteousness and benefit of Confucius, it is easy to think of him as his “rare words and benefits” attitude and his commentary on “gentleman’s metaphorical meaning and villain’s metaphysical significance.” Although Confucius still has many understandings on the relationship between righteousness and profit, with these two records, most of them are obscured and become the main basis for the descendants to inherit or judge the concept of righteousness and benefit of Confucius. When Mencius replied to the question of Liang Hui-wang, he would immediately answer the question, “Why should the king say that it is profitable?”