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What is the connotation of Mencius' people-oriented thinking, with examples.

Mengzi's "people-centered thinking" mainly contains several elements: 1, people-oriented, immigrants are precious. In his "Mencius. In response to the historical claims of the divine right of kings and the supremacy of the Son of God, he directly pointed out that "the people are the most important thing, the gods of earth and grain are the second most important thing, and the king is the least important thing." At that time, it had the positive significance of shocking the audience and injected the people-oriented factor into the imperial science of the later generations. 2, the protection of the people is the most important thing, and the benefit of the people is the first. He put forward a series of military rest and raise the people, to protect the people and the people's governance advocates, by the Tang and Song rulers of the importance and part of the practice, the positive results of the people's wealth and strength of the country. 3, blessing the people as the first, teaching the people as a supplement. According to the concept of Confucius, "there is no such thing as education", he put forward the development of the economy in order to enrich the people, the development of education in order to teach the people's livelihood advocates, more positive practical significance and long-term social significance.