长期以来,人们习惯上把孔子与孟子合称为“孔孟”,认为他们的思想体系是完全一致的,由此便有了“孔孟之道”之说,形成了儒家学派和体系。其实在维护封建统治和君主专制方面,孟子与孔子的思想认识是有很大差别的。孟子虽自诩是孔子的传人和后继者,但从他的思想言行上看,其思想要比孔子激进得多,性格也刚烈得多,特别是在对待君主地位的态度和认识上,孔孟的思想差异就更大,孟子确实没有孔子那种柔顺、屈从的奴性。可以说,孟子的君主思想要比孔子进步得多, For a long time, people customarily referred to Confucius and Mencius together as “Confucian and Mencius”, thinking that their ideological system was completely consistent, and thus there was a saying “Confucian and Mencius” and formed a Confucian school and system. In fact, in terms of maintaining feudal rule and monarchy, Mencius and Confucius have very different ideological understandings. Although Mencius himself was the descendant and descendant of Confucius, his thoughts and actions were far more radical than Confucius and his character was much more intense, especially in his attitude and understanding of the status of the monarch. The difference in thinking is even greater. Mencius does not have the kind of submissiveness and servility of Confucius. It can be said that Mencius’s sovereign thoughts are much more progressive than Confucius’s.