The basic principle of governing the country is that as long as we learn to love and care for the people, it is enough for the people to have a safe place to live.
"Liutao" is a famous ancient Chinese military book, meaning six secret tactical strategies, the content of the content of Jiang Taigong and Zhou Wenwang, Zhou Wuwang Q&A, has a great influence on the study of later generations of soldiers, the Song Dynasty listed it as one of the "Seven Books of Wujing".
State of the Third
King Wen asked Taigong, "I want to understand the basic principles of governing the country, and I want to know how to make the king respected and the people able to live in peace?" ”
Taigong replied, "As long as you learn to love and care for the people, it will be enough." ”
King Wen asked, "How do you love the people?" ”
Taigong replied: "We must give the interests of the people without harming their interests, make the people succeed without destroying what they want to do, protect the people from killing innocents, give the people benefits without plundering and usurping their assets, make the people happy without letting them suffer, let the people rejoice without provoking their indignation." ”
King Wen said, "Let me ask you about this again." ”
Taigong replied: "If the people do not lose their jobs, they will protect their interests; if they do not delay the peasants, they will help the people what they want to do; if they subtract the punishment of the people, they will give the people a stable life; if they collect less taxes, they will give the people benefits; if they build fewer buildings and pavilions, they will enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment; and if the officials are honest and honest, they will not interfere harshly, and the people will be happy." On the other hand, to deprive the people of their profession is to cause them to suffer losses in their interests; to delay the cultivation of the peasants is to destroy the people's affairs; if the people have not committed a crime and are innocently wronged, they are plotting to kill them; to levy heavy taxes is to plunder the people; to build buildings and pavilions is to make the people tired of running for their lives, which will increase the suffering of the people; and the corruption and harassment of the people by officials will arouse the anger of the people. Therefore, the king who is good at ruling the country must govern the people as his parents love their children, or as their brothers love their younger sisters. When he sees the people hungry and cold, he grieves for them; when he sees the people toiling, he grieves for them; he rewards and punishes the people as if he himself were rewarded and punished, and taxes are levied on the people as if his own property were expropriated. This is the way to love the people. ”
【Original】
King Wen asked TaiGong, "May it be the great affair of the country, and if you want to make the Lord respect the people safe, why should you do it?" ”
Tai Gong said: "Love the people." ”
King Wen said, "Why love the people?" ”
Tai Gong said: "Profit is harmless, success is not defeated, birth is not killed, and do not take, happy and not bitter, joy and not anger." ”
King Wen said, "Dare to ask for an explanation." ”
Tai Gong said: "If the people do not lose their duties, they will benefit, the peasants will succeed when they do not lose time, the provincial punishment will be born, the thin endowment will be with it, the frugal palace room will be happy, and the officials will be happy if they are not harsh." If the people lose their duties, they will be harmed, the peasants will lose when they lose their time, they will be killed if they are not guilty, they will be taken away if they are heavily enriched, and there will be many camps in the palaces, and those who are tired of the people will suffer, and those who are harsh and harassed will be angry. Therefore, those who are good for the country, the people are like the beloved son of their parents, like the brothers who love their brothers, they are worried when they see their hunger and cold, they are sad when they see their labor, they are rewarded and punished as if they are imposed on the body, and they are given as if they are taking their own things. This way of loving the people also. ”
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