Begin to learn Zuo Chuan ~ Volume 10 Zhao Gong - Yan Baby On The Same harmony

Zi Lu said: Gentlemen are harmonious but different, and villains are the same but not together

Yan Bao said: Cooking seasoning music tuning, on the contrary, no food and no listening

Notes: Once, when Qi Jinggong returned from hunting, Yan Zi greeted him at chuán Tai, and then Liang Qiu came by car. Qi Jinggong said that it seems that only Liang Qiu and I are cooperating. Yan Zi said that this is the same, not the same. Qi Jinggong said, is there a difference between the same and the harmony? Yan Zi replied that there was a difference. Harmony is like a spice spoon, to use spices, fire, water, to cook fish, cook with wood fire, the chef to reconcile, so that the taste is moderate, not enough into the flavor to add spices, too much flavor to reduce the seasoning. A gentleman who eats this kind of meat soup can be at peace. The same is true of the relationship between monarch and subject, when the monarch thinks that it is right, and when there is actually a mistake, the subordinate should correct it and make it perfect. If the monarch thinks that there is something wrong, there is actually a right place, and the subordinates should point out the right place and remove the wrong place, so that the government will be comfortable. Therefore, the Book of Verses says that there is a well-harmonized soup, the taste is moderate and peaceful, the gods have no accusations, and there is no harmony between the upper and lower levels. The first king let the five tastes harmonize, wu sheng harmonious, come to peace with his heart, and complete his decree. Sound is like taste, it is composed of one breath, two bodies, three types, four things, five sounds, six rhythms, seven tones, eight winds, and nine songs, and is complemented by turbidity, small and large, short and long, rapid, mournful, rigid and soft, slow, high and low, in and out, and zhou shu. A gentleman listens to it to calm his heart, and his inner peace will be harmonious. Thus the Book of Verses says that there is no flaw in the sound of virtue. This is not the case today. The king thinks it is right, he thinks it is right, and the king thinks it is wrong, and he says it is wrong. Like mixing water with water, who wants to eat this soup? Just as The Chinser makes only one sound, who wants to listen? That should not be the same.