Volume 7 Defeat
If you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you listen partially, you will be dark
[Original]
In the humble opinion of the ministers, I hope that the emperor will adhere to the holy will, use the performance as a tool for assessing talents, and never be disgusted. Those who are involved in the same kind do not need to be discussed, and those who are too aggressive do not need to issue money. In addition, it is beneficial to see it, but it is not harmful at first. For example, if it is not the emperor's repeated temptation, who would dare to take the liberty of the emperor? However, without the words of the original, its skills can be sold, but can not be tried again, Lang Jian hangs high, how can he finally escape! Fang Jin's examination of the sage of Jiuqing, but by the summoning of the response; the examination of the sage of the Tao, but by the three years of Jingcha; the examination of the sage of the Dao, but by the examination of the superintendent. Wouldn't it be more verifiable if everyone made suggestions and cross-examined each other?
【Translation】
I mean, I hope that the emperor will strengthen your mind and use the twist and turn as a method to evaluate talents, and you will never get bored. If there are similarities, it is not necessary to submit them to the minister for discussion, and if the attacks and accusations are excessive, there is no need to copy them. Otherwise, we see that it is beneficial, but not harmful. People are accustomed to the old conventions, and most of them have many scruples, such as the rise and fall of the king's virtues, and the mistakes of the ministers, if it were not for the emperor's repeated inducements and discussions, who would be willing to easily risk the great disapproval of the world? I also know that many proposals are submitted at the same time, both inside and outside the country, and even those who are frivolous and hypocritical cannot not be mixed with them. However, those unfounded remarks and deceptive tricks can be used once, and it is impossible to use them repeatedly, Your Majesty, you are hanging high in the sky like a clear mirror, so how can these people's tricks escape your final inspection! Nowadays, the evaluation of Jiuqing's virtuous and unvirtuous is only based on the remarks he stated when he was summoned; the assessment of the virtuous and unvirtuous of the Daoist is only based on the three-year investigation of the capital; and the assessment of the virtuous and unvirtuous of the Sidao is only based on the comments of the governor. These methods are not appropriate, and wouldn't it be more verifiable if everyone could be allowed to express their opinions and compare and verify each other?
If the matter is known, the person will become a person and lose his karma
[Original]
Where there is profit, let it be shared with others, and where the name is, let it be shared with others. In a high position, it is the duty of knowing people and things. It is not easy to learn to know people's sincerity, but it is difficult to learn from knowing things. Regardless of whether you are the same or different, you can slowly become enlightened and hope for harmony. If you don't know something, you will be stubborn. Wisdom is due to talent, and shrewdness is due to learning. My brothers are not very talented, and they rely on learning to be shrewd. If you buy a microscopic mirror, you can learn if you are ripe rice. You must always be very clear in your heart, and then you can break it in your mouth. It can be clearly asserted and said to be heroic, and unclear and arbitrary. Arbitrarily judging one's own affairs will do little harm, and arbitrarily judging the affairs of others will cause deep resentment. But humble retreat and refuse to break lightly, the most blessed.
【Translation】
Throughout the ages, those with outstanding talents have often been called heroes. English is bright. There are two kinds of so-called 'Ming': others only see things that are close to them, and I can see things that are far away, which is called Gaoming. While others only see the big things, I can see the fine things, and that's called shrewdness. The so-called cleverness is like being in a room, and the distance that can be seen is limited after all, and what you can see when you climb a tall building is farther, and what you can see when you climb a mountain is even farther. The shrewdness is like an extremely subtle thing, and if you look at it with a microscope, it will be magnified by a doubling, tenfold, or hundredfold. It's like coarse rice, if you pound it twice, you can remove all the coarse bran, and if you pound it three or four times, then it will be extremely fine and white. Whether a person is good or not depends on talent, and shrewdness depends on acquired knowledge. Our Zeng brothers are now lucky to be in a high position, and their talents are not very clever, and they all rely on learning to seek shrewdness. Asking questions is like buying a microscope to observe things, and being studious is like pounding a well-cooked rice. All in all, you must know everything in your heart before you can make your own decisions. Make a decision when you know it in your heart, this is called a heroic decision, and make a decision if you don't understand it in your heart, this is called arbitrary. The harm caused by arbitrarily judging one's own affairs is not very great, and arbitrarily judging other people's affairs will cause too much resentment. Only by being humble and giving in and not making easy decisions can we keep our blessings.
Virtue and elegance accommodate people
[Original]
The Holy Gate is kind. Benevolence is forgiveness. Wealth, success, glory, reputation, shun, this number, I like, everyone likes. Poverty, cheapness, defeat, humiliation, destruction, rebellion, these are the evil of me, and all of them are evil. Our generation has a powerful family, a word can be glorious, a word can be humiliating. If you are honored, you will get fame, profit, and glory. If people don't necessarily feel me, why not? It is said that I am powerful, and it is not difficult to help others. and if you insult a man, you will be punished, and you will be punished, and you will be afflicted, and they will hate me. It is said that I rely on the power and deceive others too much. My brother must work hard from the pain of forgiveness, and put himself in place wherever he goes. I want to stand firm every step of the way, and I need to know that others must stand firm too. The so-called Liya. I want to be able to do it everywhere, and I need to know that others can do it too. The so-called Tatsuya. Today I am in good times, and I expect that there will be times of adversity in the future, and today I am domineering others, and I expect others to be domineering over me, or to my children and grandchildren. Often to forgive the word self-discipline, often leave the rest of the people, then there are few thorns.
【Translation】
The Holy Companion loves to preach the word of charity. Benevolence is forgiveness. Wealth, nobility, success, glory, reputation, and obedience, all these things are what I love, and they are also loved by people. Poverty, cheapness, defeat, humiliation, ruin, and rebellion are all things that I hate, and people hate. For those of us who are powerful, a word can glorify people and a word can bring shame to people. To bring glory to a man is to gain fame, gain and glory. People don't necessarily appreciate me, why? It's not hard to say that we're powerful and that we're helping people. To bring shame to a man is to make a man be punished, to be punished, to be afflicted, to be afflicted, and to be hated to the bone. Why? Think that we are relying on power and oppressing them too harshly. Our brothers must work the word 'forgiveness', that is, we must put ourselves in our shoes whenever and wherever we are. If you want to stand firm step by step, you must let others stand firm, which is the so-called self-establishment and self-reliance. If you want to be able to work everywhere, you must let others work too, which is what you call reaching yourself and others. Today we are in good times, and we expect that there will be times when we will be in adversity in the future, and if we are bullying others with our vigor today, we should think that others will also bully us or our children and grandchildren with our arrogance. Always remind yourself with the word 'forgiveness' and always leave room for dealing with others, then there will be fewer difficult problems.
Cheng Gong is effective
[Original]
The ancients became great businessmen, and most of them came from the small things. The hundred-foot building is based on the flat ground, the silk of the dry zhang, the accumulation of one foot and one inch, and the bell of ten thousand stones, the burden of one baht and one tael. The saint of King Wen, and since the dynasty to the middle of the day, it is not enough to eat. Zhou Gong looked up and thought about it, night and day, fortunately, and sat and waited. Zhongshan Fu is slack at night, and if his diligence is like this, then there is no small or big, what dare to be slow? Zhuge is loyal and martial, and he is personally executed for the crime of self-rod and above. Du Huidu is in government, and he is as delicate as governing his family. Tao Kan is dense and subtle, although bamboo and sawdust are stored as useful things. Zhu Zi said that he must accumulate an inch of learning, and there is no one who does not accumulate an inch of baht and is a politician. Qin Shi Huang Hengshi measured the book, Emperor Wei Ming did his own book, and Emperor Wen of Sui passed on the meal, all of which were ridiculed by later generations, thinking that the Son of Heaven should not take care of the details. Yu said that the Son of Heaven may not be close to the details, if he is a minister, he must not be close. Chen Pingzhi asked Qian Gu if he didn't know, he didn't know about the prison, and he couldn't be a minister. All achievements must be effective by those who see for all.
【Translation】
In ancient times, most of the people who accomplished great things were obtained from the small things diligently, the hundred-foot-high buildings were raised from the flat ground, the silk silk of thousands of feet was accumulated from one foot and one inch, and the grain of ten thousand stones was accumulated by one baht and one tael. King Wen of Zhou was very sage, dealing with political affairs from morning to night, and had no time to eat or rest. Zhou Gongdan admired him very much and learned from him, and worked day and night, fortunately, to do so, and to handle official business until dawn. Zhou Xuan Wang Shiqing Shi Zhong Shanfu did not slack off day and night, if the government is diligent to this extent, then no matter how big or small, what else can be neglected? Zhuge Zhongwu, as the prime minister, will personally adjudicate the crimes of convicting himself of the crime of being sentenced to a rod or above. Du Huidu, an auxiliary general during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Southern Dynasty, ruled the country, and he was as meticulous as governing his family. In the Jin Dynasty, Tao Kan managed various affairs, which was dense and subtle, even if the bamboo and wood chips were stored, and eventually became useful things. Zhu Zi said that the study must be accumulated, and the governance is not from the accumulation of baht and perseverance, and finally achieve success. Qin Shi Huang was diligent enough to measure books with weighing stones, Emperor Wei Ming personally inspected the affairs of Shangshu, and Emperor Wen of Sui was diligent enough to let the soldiers in charge of the guards deliver food, but they were all ridiculed by later generations. I think that you are the Son of Heaven and should not personally judge small matters. However, I think that the Son of Heaven may be able to ignore the details, but as a minister, he must not be without the details. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Chen Ping's 'I don't know if I ask Qiangu, I don't know if I ask about the prison', which cannot be used as an example for ministers to follow. All the merits and achievements of a person must be measured by what everyone can see as the actual effect.
If you don't think, you will be dizzy, and if you are dizzy, you will be defeated
[Original]
The military is not tired of arguing. If you can't experience the battle, and you don't discuss it on weekdays, you will be even more ignorant, and those who don't think about the assessment and talk about the army will not be happy to talk to them. In the case of those who are sophisticated and practical, think more and calculate more, it is not bad to explain it. Those who know the national domain, the army must be a good commander of the battalion, and the commander of the battalion must be sincere, which is the first righteousness. Counting the distance of the distance, the lack of food, and the strength of oneself are the second meaning. In addition, although there are many good laws, although the scheduling is good, there are effective and ineffective, and it is just a matter of listening to the sky.
【Translation】
When it comes to military or war matters, I don't get tired of discerning and discussing. If we can't go into practice in the battle formation, and if we don't discuss and argue on weekdays, then we will be even more unclear, and I will not be happy to talk freely with anyone who talks about military affairs without thinking about and assessing them. If you encounter something or a situation that you have to study and study, think about it a lot, and there is nothing that is difficult to explain to him. As far as I know, there must be good generals in the army, and the generals must be honest and loyal, and this is the first priority. Calculating the distance of the distance, calculating whether there is a shortage of military rations and weapons, and calculating the strength of the enemy and our forces are the second most important things. In addition to being sure in these aspects, although there are many other good methods, although the arrangements and deployments are very proper and effective, there are also times when they succeed and do not succeed, so we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven.