The Wisdom of a Book of Soldiers, Liutao (10)

To evaluate work performance and make his moral integrity commensurate with his official position is to master the principles and methods of raising talents.

"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".

Juxian tenth

King Wen of Zhou asked Taigong Jiang, "The king is committed to using people of merit, but he cannot have a substantial effect, and the society is becoming more and more turbulent, which eventually leads to the country falling into danger. ”

Jiang Taigong replied, "Although those who are virtuous are selected and not appointed, this is only a vain name of meritocracy, and there is no actual appointment of a virtuous person." ”

King Wen of Zhou asked, "So, what is the cause of this error?" ”

Jiang Taigong replied, "The reason is that the king likes to appoint people who are praised by the world, so he cannot get true sages." ”

King Wen of Zhou asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Jiang Taigong said: "If the king thinks that those who are praised by the secular masses are the elites, or that those who are denigrated by the secular masses are unscrupulous, then it will cause those who have many henchmen to be hired, and those with fewer henchmen to be excluded." In this way, the villains will form parties for personal gain and the talented will be buried, the loyal ministers will be put to death although they are innocent, and the traitors and villains will deceive the official positions by means of false reputations, and the society will become more and more chaotic, and the country will not escape the fate of danger. ”

King Wen of Zhou asked, "Then how can we really be a sage?" ”

Jiang Taigong replied: "We will divide labor and cooperate with each other, select talents according to the conditions they should have, and evaluate work performance according to their responsibilities." Look at his abilities and make his moral integrity commensurate with his official position. In doing so, we can say that we have mastered the principles and methods of raising meritocracy. ”

【Original】

King Wen asked Tai Gong, "If a monarch does not take merit in his deeds, the chaos in the world will worsen, so that those who are in danger will die?" ”

Tai Gong said: "Lifting up a virtuous person without using it is a fact that there is a name for lifting a virtuous and is useless." ”

King Wen said, "Where is its loss?" ”

Tai Gong said: "Its loss lies in the good use of the worldly reputation of the king, and not in the true sage." ”

King Wen: "How?" ”

Tai Gong said: "If a king regards those who are praised by the world as virtuous, and those who destroy the world as unworthy, those who have more parties advance and those who have less parties retreat." If the evils of the crowd are more than the circle and hide the virtuous, the loyal subjects die of innocence, and the adulterers take the title of knight with false reputations, and the chaos in the world becomes worse, then the country is not spared from danger. ”

King Wen said, "Why don't you raise the meritocracy?" ”

Tai Gong said: "They will be divided into different duties, and each will be raised up in the name of an official, and he will supervise the truth according to his name, and select the talents to be able to test, so that the real should be his name, and the name should be true." Then you have to lift up the way of the wise also. ”