The training of the Luo State Ruling House Descendants alone showed that Luo State had always valued its descendants' practical abilities, believing that one could not govern the realm while sitting in a palace.
Mengzi was indeed a genius, but even Luo Hong, who greatly admired his writings, thought he was still far too green.
Confucius had once been renowned throughout Luo State as well, but his thinking had only truly matured after he traveled among the States and taught countless students.
Only then had Confucius fully returned to simplicity and truth, becoming one of the Sages and Worthies.
Mengzi naturally had his reasons for wanting to go to Wei State to spread the way of benevolence and righteousness.
Wei State had been the first state to undertake reforms, but the fruits of those reforms had been all but exhausted in the great wars of successive reigns. Thus, Wei State needed a new path to recover from its exhaustion, and the Confucian School was naturally stronger than the Legalist School when it came to recuperation and rebuilding.
The second reason was the presence of Qin State. The Wei People called the Qin people tigers and wolves, and repeated defeats had made the Wei People fear the Qin people. Qin State happened to be a state where the way of the hegemon held full sway, so Mengzi wanted to put the way of benevolence and righteousness into practice in Wei State.
However, after spending a year in Luo State, Mengzi's thinking changed somewhat, and he decided to go to Qi State first.
Although Mengzi was no longer the obscure figure he had been when he first arrived in Luo State, he was not yet a great worthy renowned throughout the realm. If he went directly to Wei State, the Great King