Interpretation: On March 1, 2018, President Xi Jinping quoted in his speech at the symposium commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Zhou Enlai, from the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao's poem "Shangda Xi Sheren", which means that true sages should always be ready to take out a big mirror to look at themselves, not to let themselves have the slightest flaw, even small things and small interests such as candles in the public house will never be used for private use.
Analysis: In ancient China, there was such a clean and honest saying that "under the public candle, there is no exhibition of family books". Comrade Zhou Enlai never used his power to seek any personal interests for himself or his relatives and friends, and left no personal property behind him, not even his own ashes, and scattered them into the jianghai land of the motherland. President Xi Jinping used this poem to praise Premier Zhou Enlai's lofty qualities of strict self-discipline and selflessness, and also to encourage and demand that the majority of party members and cadres, keeping in mind that the power in their hands is given by the party and the people, and is used to serve the people.
(Dong Huaiyin, Xin Guodong)
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