First, the profound significance of famous sayings
For more than 800 years, "civil servants don't love money, and military officers are willing to die." Do not suffer from the world is not peaceful! " Has been circulating in China. She is an important part of Yue Fei's spirit and a treasure in the excellent cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.
"Civil servants don't love money" essentially reveals the ideological and moral elements that a good civil servant should have, that is, the correct view of interests. This is the basic principle of being a civil servant. Money is the monetary expression of wealth. The amount of money not only directly reflects the amount of personal income and the size of interests. An official's understanding and attitude towards money directly reflects his attitude towards the people. This is a true portrayal of the interests and values of officials. In the exploiting class society, it is not only common for officials to get rich, but also an old saying that "people die for wealth, birds die for food." In such a society, most officials do not have a correct view of interests and values.
The core of "civil servants don't love money" is the word "love". Love is people's deep feelings for people or things. In feudal society, the money obtained by civil servants through justice and normality, that is, rationality and fairness, will not attract the attention of ordinary people or be unfair. If you are obsessed with money, regard money as your life, forget profit and righteousness, get money by illegal means or improper channels, or take money from ordinary people indiscriminately, and corruption prevails, people will be angry, will not buy your account, and will even rise up and overthrow you. Warn officials here that loving money is the first step for officials to degenerate or degenerate. Yue Fei put forward that "civil servants don't love money", which is a layer of defense against officials' ideology and morality. Only by holding this line of defense can the official career prosper. Otherwise, if we break through this line of defense and love money to a certain extent, officials will lose their minds and do things that violate laws and regulations to collect money, engage in corruption, and have a bad platform until they are ruined or destroyed. Although loving money is not equal to being greedy for money, being greedy for money must love money. It is dangerous for civil servants to be obsessed with money, fantasy and love.
"Civil servants don't love money" refers to the attitude of officials towards their possession of money. She asked officials to have a correct attitude towards money, abide by rules and regulations (law-abiding is emphasized today), treat money correctly, restrain greed and the intention of collecting money, and strive to be diligent and conscientious, and not ask for money other than money. In this way, ordinary people can get more benefits and benefits, and then support your regime. Throughout history, "the rule of cultural scenery" and "the rule of Guan Zhen" are both periods of good official management, relatively stable society and relatively rapid economic and cultural development.
Zhuge Liang, a model of honesty and diligence, said in the chapter "Achievements of Liu Chan": "I served the first emperor, and I was attached to the official, so I didn't live independently. Today, there are 800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of wasteland in Chengdu. The children have enough food and clothes. As for the minister's position outside, there is no scheduling, food and clothing follow him and are respected by the official. He didn't treat his life differently, but he grew up. If on the day I die, I don't want to make more money in it, but I want to win money outside, so as to be negative to your majesty. "
History calls Zhuge Liang a "pawn", which shows that his words and deeds are consistent. Besides, his funeral was very simple. "Liang ordered the burial of Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong, because the mountain was a grave, and the burial was enough to accommodate the coffin, and the clothes were collected in time without utensils." These are very rare among all the ruling ministers.
The incorruptible atmosphere of Shu and Han officials was formed under the influence of Zhuge Liang's personal practice. This kind of atmosphere has played a great role in stabilizing people's hearts and the Shu-Han regime. It should be said that this is the greatest legacy left by Zhuge Liang (see "Zhuge Liang died unsatisfied" in the first volume of New History). The model of the Northern Song Dynasty was Bao Zheng, but at the end of that dynasty, Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others took bribes and perverted the law, and advocated extravagance and debauchery, which led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
"Military attaché s do not hesitate to die" reveals the essence of generals and captains in the army, which is the most basic moral requirement for military attaché s and the highest interpretation of their outlook on life. "Don't hesitate to die" means not afraid of death, not afraid of death. During the war, the military attache was afraid of death, how could he defend the enemy and protect the country! Emergency and danger are serious, and military officers are afraid of death. How can he save this disaster?
As a military attache, the bounden duty is to defend the border against the enemy. Only in this way can we fundamentally safeguard national security and prosperity. At the critical moment of foreign invasion crisis, the military attache can put life and death aside, go out to face the enemy, fight bravely or direct the battle, and the country and the nation will be saved. Otherwise, we can only suffer big losses, heavy losses and even national subjugation. Great military commanders in history are all shining with stars. Everyone is familiar with Han Xin, Guan Yunchang and Huang Zhong, which are the battlefields for the reunification of the People's Republic of China. Yang Jiajiang and Zong Ze who invaded foreign countries in the Northern Song Dynasty, especially the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army, led 100,000 troops to aid Kyoto in the east, and fought with the 8 Jin Army. All the troops were wiped out and the marshal was killed. It was touching! When 8 jin j surrounded Kyoto for the first time, Emperor Qin Zongdi asked Chen Wu who could lead the army against the enemy, but he didn't answer. Later, Li Gang, a civil servant, volunteered to lead his troops to stand by and ask for help. The main reason for this situation is that the border guards fled in fear of death when the nomads from the border invaded, making the land of Dasong easily become the enemy. At that time, some generals were afraid of the enemy like a tiger before seeing the nomads from the city, and refused to open the city to take in the fleeing people, fearing that the enemy would enter the city again, which would ruin the lives of a large number of people. This is really immoral!
"Civil servants don't love money, and officers don't hesitate to die." The two complement each other and are dialectically unified in "peace in the world". This is the most incisive comment on "Wen Zhi Wu Gong". The prosperity of the country needs a clean government and the governance of civil servants; The country's peace and strength need to be maintained by military attaché s with the spirit of sacrifice. Civil servants who love money and are greedy for money can't meet the requirements of national civil affairs, and military officers who are afraid of death can't maintain national security (because they don't have superb martial arts effectiveness). There is no cure, no enemy, and there is no peace in the world. In this world, it is impossible for people to live a good life. Therefore, as an official, we should take this famous saying of Yue Fei as our motto and always warn ourselves.