虽有智慧 不如乘势

这是孟子提出的命题。“智慧”即人的聪明才智，主要表现为分析、判断、推理的能力；“乘势”即顺应事物存在、变化、发展的基本态势或趋势。客观事物的态势或趋势是客观的、第一性的，人的智慧是主观的、第二性的。真正的智慧，不是人头脑中的固化之物，而是存在于主客体互动之中的演化之物。行为主体必须不断地、具体地达成主客观一致性，审时度势、因势利导，建立规律性认识和大局观，这样才能有所发现、有所创造、有所前进、有所成就。这是主客体关系的辩证法。

Even If One Is Intelligent, It Is Better to Follow the Trend of the Times

This concept was proposed by Mencius. By "being intelligent", he meant that one is full of wisdom, which is mainly expressed as one's ability to analyze, judge and reason; by "following the trend of the times", he meant to follow the basic situation or trend of existence, change and development of things. The situation or trend of objective things is objective and primary; human wisdom is subjective and secondary. True wisdom is not a solidified thing in the human mind, but an evolving thing that exists in the interaction between subject and object. The subject of action must constantly and concretely reach the consistency of subjectivity and objectivity, size up the situation, make the best of the situation, acquire an understanding of laws, and develop a big-picture view, so as to make discoveries, creations, progress and achievements. This is the dialectic of the relationship between the subject and object.