Notes on works:

Homecoming: refers to the kind of "good people" who were praised as "honest people" in the society at that time, regardless of right and wrong, the same customs, different words and deeds, hypocrisy and deceit, pleasing the village everywhere and not offending it.

Confucius pointedly pointed out that this kind of "homesickness" is different from words and deeds. In fact, people who look virtuous but are not virtuous are "thieves" of virtue. The world cannot live without it.

Later, Mencius clearly pointed out that such people are people who "conform to the customs and conform to the world." Although he seems to be a "good gentleman" who doesn't offend fellow villagers at all, he actually obliterates right and wrong, confuses good and evil, doesn't uphold justice, doesn't resist bad people, and completely becomes a person who endangers morality (see Mencius with one heart). "Willing", sincere and frank.

Thieves: greed, aggression and harm.

Confucius thought homesickness was harmful to morality, so he passed by the door without entering the house, and Confucius did not regret it. Zhang Wan asked Mencius what homesickness was, and Mencius said: This kind of person is exquisite in all directions. If you want to blame him, you can't find any big mistake; If you want to scold him, it seems that there is nothing to scold.

He seems honest, but in fact he is in cahoots with others and runs counter to Yao and Shun. This kind of person, sometimes many people will like him, but he has confused Germany. This article accuses those "good people" who follow the crowd without principle.