风流人物故事──男人孟轲
<p>两千年前，太史公司马迁读《孟子》，至梁惠王问“何以利吾国”，遂废书而叹。老先生所叹者，是以为利乃乱之始也。两千年后，我读《孟子》，也不禁废书而叹。我所叹者，是前贤亚圣孟子身上的那股咄咄逼人的英武之气和沛然淋漓的阳刚之气。人说：大哉孔子！我则想说：英哉孟子！天地间一伟丈夫，真男人也。</p><p><span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="Ma">Ma</span> <span word="Qian">Qian</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Taishi">Taishi</span> <span word="company">company</span>, <span word="read">read</span> <span word="Mencius">Mencius</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="King">King</span> <span word="Hui">Hui</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Liang">Liang</span> <span word="Dynasty">Dynasty</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ask">ask</span> "<span word="how">how</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="benefit">benefit</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="country">country</span>", <span word="so">so</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sighed">sighed</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="gentleman">gentleman</span> <span word="sighs">sighs</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="profit">profit</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="chaos">chaos</span>. <span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="Mencius">Mencius</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="sigh">sigh</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="bemoan">bemoan</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aggressive">aggressive</span>, <span word="heroic">heroic</span> <span word="spirit">spirit</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="masculinity">masculinity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="sage">sage</span> <span word="Mencius">Mencius</span>. <span word="People">People</span> <span word="say">say</span>: <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Confucius">Confucius</span>! <span word="I">I</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span>: <span word="Yingzai">Yingzai</span> <span word="Mencius">Mencius</span>! <span word="A">A</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="man">man</span>.</p><p>读《论语》与读《孟子》，感受迥然有别。前者循循善诱，吉光片羽，如雨露之养，时风之化，是典型的温柔敦厚的儒雅风范；而后者口若悬河，滔滔汩汩，其势不可当，“其锋不可犯”（苏洵），雄辩无碍，一泻千里。孔子更多的时候是教育自己的三千弟子，故心平气和，大言炎炎，诲人不倦，在人们眼里是一个“至圣先师”、蔼然仁者。孟子更多的是向不可一世的君王陈说自己的为政之道，故尔常常踔厉风发、意态亢昂，有时甚至带有火气，言辞犀利，显露出十足的刚直不阿、磊落恢弘的大思想家的个性，有一种睥睨王者的人格风范和精神气度。尽管在礼崩乐坏的春秋战国时代，诸侯为争霸天下，莫不纷纷采取功利主义的攻伐之术，以为孟子的“仁政”治国方略“迂远而阔于事情”，也即见效太慢而不肯采纳，但在孟子义正辞严的强大思想攻势下，不能不一时心悦诚服。而孟子并不为了让君王接受自己的政见而屈尊阿附，他无意于取媚讨欢，弄个一官半职干干。他不仅没有丝毫的奴颜媚骨，反而常常直刺君王的痛处，陷这些愚不可及的家伙们于尴尬难堪的境地，不得不“王顾左右而言他”。每读书至这样的段落，便情不自禁再三嗟叹：孟子孟子，何其智勇！孔老夫子曾批评他的学生子路过于勇，而他的嫡传弟子孟轲，其勇较之于子路则更胜一筹。儒家提倡温良恭俭让、仁义礼智信，不讲勇，但是，勇，实在该是男人的本色啊！</p>
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