Wang Zhezhong |Show honesty with poetry and words

Written by Wang Zhezhong

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Reading the central newspapers and periodicals of the recent period, as well as local newspapers and periodicals such as Beijing Daily, Hebei Daily, and Shaanxi Daily, I found that all media have attached great importance to propaganda and reporting on rectifying the party's style and fighting corruption and advocating clean government. It's fun and thought-provoking to read. Some of the following poems and historical stories were excerpted and sorted out during the reading process, and recorded for reference.

Drink the fountain of greed instead of being a corrupt official

Eastern Jin Dynasty Wu Yinzhi

The ancients said this water,

一歃怀千金。

Try to drink it together,

It's not easy to be heartfelt.

During the Long'an period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wu Yinzhi, who was then the general of Long Xiang and the general of the Guangzhou Assassin Shi Yue Zhonglang, came to a pond called Greedy Spring in Shimen near Guangzhou. According to local legend, anyone who drinks this water will become greedy. Wu Yinzhi didn't believe in this evil, so he walked to the spring and poured a bowl and drank it, and gave this poem on the spot. With this words, he expressed his determination to be a clean official and not a corrupt official.

The condition of the two sleeves is breezy

During the period of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, in 1439, Guo Zhong served as the prefect of Suzhou for nine years, and when he said goodbye to the people of Suzhou to the capital, the people of Suzhou were reluctant to give up, and rushed to see him off, and wrote to the imperial court, asking Guo Zhong to continue to stay in Suzhou. Guo Zhong was deeply emotional, and wrote two poems:

The inspection bag is light, how many miles does Chang'an look at?

Stopping the whip and remembering it as an official day, everything can be held by the day-to-day alliance.

The breeze goes to the sky with two sleeves, without an inch of Jiangnan.

I am ashamed that the people send each other away, and the wine is sprinkled in front of the horse

These two poems are not only the voice of Guo Zhong, but also the true portrayal of his honest and honest government.

This situation Zhong, regarded as a good official in the Ming Dynasty who was deeply supported by the people and respected by the imperial court, he not only controlled it very strictly, but also required himself to be honest and innocent, not to tarnish a body of righteousness for yellow and white things, and when he first took office in Suzhou, he warned his entourage not to take the opportunity to ask for money. He said in the "Poems of the Sons of the Show" that he "although he has no economic talent, he still abides by the innocent festival", and warned future generations to "not have money, but it is inexhaustible to be diligent and thrifty", Suzhou is a rich place, but the Suzhou government is simple and gloomy, without gorgeous decoration. The incorruptibility of the bell was praised by the people of the time, known as "the incorruptible too guarded" and "the situation is blue", and his friend Yang Shiqi once wrote a poem: "I remember the incorruptible too shou of Wumen, and a branch sends the cold of the year", and Yang Bo praised it with "this gentleman has a period of frost exercise, and he guards the cold of Gusu Ao" alone.

The term is full of poems

An official came here several times after spring,

It is worthy of the sky and the people.

Shinto has a spirit that knows me,

When I go, I seem to be poor when I come.

This poem was written by Hu Shou'an, the governor of Xinyang in the Ming Dynasty, when he stepped down. said that during his tenure, he was not greedy or occupied, did not loot the people's fat and ointment, did not accumulate floating wealth for himself, and was still a poor official when he left office.

Wu Ne's poem written on a gift box

Xiao Xiao's luggage is returned to the east,

To cross the most dangerous shoal.

If there is any stolen goods and earth,

Let him sink in the blue waves.

- "Yaoshan Hall Outside the Story"

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Ne, the imperial historian, was ordered to tour Guizhou. On his return, the local officials of the Third Division sent people to give gifts of gold and precious goods, and chased them to Kuizhou. Wu Nejian didn't accept it, so he wrote this resounding poem on the gift box to show his attitude.

Li Tai's poem refusing bribes

The source of righteousness and profit is quite true,

Gold is hard to change, rotten and poor.

Mo Yan is ignorant at night,

I'm afraid that there are ghosts and gods.

This is a poem by Li Tai, the chief examiner of the Ming Dynasty, who is honest and refuses bribes. Once, Li Tai went to Fujian to preside over the imperial examination. One night, there was a talented and shallow corrupt Confucian, relying on the power of Zuyin and the wealth of his family, he quietly sent a bag of gold at night, in a vain attempt to buy the "gold list title" from Li Tai with gold. Li Tai wrote this poem with a stroke of his pen, confessing his solemn attitude of insisting on taking the princess exam and not favoritism. And the next day he posted the poem at the door of the examination room, and since then no one has dared to bribe him privately.

Liu Jing refused to accept the gift

"If there is a handover to the south, a god will be in trouble. ”

Liu Jing, an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, visited Jiaonan (present-day Vietnam) one year. When he resigned, Jiao Nanguo gave him a lot of gifts. However, Liu Jing thanked him and said: "I went to your country to exercise good fortune under orders, how can I pretend to be public and private, and accept gifts in vain." The other party repeatedly persuaded him to accept it, but Liu Jing patiently explained and refused to accept it. The king of Jiaonan was very worried about this, and called two powerful courtiers to carry generous gifts and take the path to wait for the marquis at the pass. On the day Liu Jing left the country, the courtiers offered a generous gift, but Liu Jing still refused, and said with a straight face: "Privately paying financial gifts, my personality is not worth it, not to mention insulting the national character of the Ming Dynasty!" After that, a poem, the last two lines of the poem are: "If there is a hand in the south of the pretend, a god will be in trouble." Then he recorded it on paper and asked the courtiers to present it to the king. In the Ming Dynasty, when "the envoy was courteous and selfish", Liu Jing's character was even more commendable.

Don't be afraid of others, know yourself

In the middle of the night when the moon is white and the wind is clear,

The boat sent each other was delayed.

Grateful for the gentleman's affection,

Don't be afraid of others, know yourself.

- Qing Ye Cunren

In the Qing Dynasty, Ye Cunren was an official in Zhejiang, Anhui and other places for many years, and when he left office, his former subordinates knew that this Lord Ye was honest and honest, and never accepted any gifts, but he always felt that the Lord was an official for the benefit of one party, and he was too good for the people and subordinates. Thinking that no one knew about such a secret gift, Lord Ye might accept it. Ye Cunren didn't take anything, "returned to Zhao after the end", and wrote this poem to warn his subordinates and show his heart.

The father wrote a poem to exhort his son to be a clean official

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Yu, a native of Baishui County, Shaanxi Province, was an official in Sichuan, and once asked someone to bring back two catties of Sichuan saffron, but his father refused to accept it, and returned to the book with a poem:

Peace at home,

The income of grain is more than a small one.

There is no need to use the things in Shu at all,

So that when the Qing official answers the saint.

Cai Xinfang:

I don't bring a little cotton in the offset

罢郡轻舟回江南,

I don't bring a little cotton in the offset.

Looking back at Qunli, I am ashamed,

Changting was distracted.

In the fourth year of Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty (1824 AD), Cai Xinfang, a native of Shanhua, Hunan, was a county governor in Pucheng County, Shaanxi. On the day of his departure, the people blocked the way to stay, Cai Xinfang was very excited and wrote poems to give away.

(Note: The above is based on the excerpts of the articles published in the People's Liberation Army Daily on November 10, 1983, with adjustments to the order, and additions and deletions to the subheadings and individual texts)