1. The profound significance of the famous sayings
For more than 8 years, "civil servants don't love money, 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, a 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 wealth of personal income and the size of interests. The 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 the old saying that "people die for wealth and birds die for food". In such a society, most officials do not have correct 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 justness and normality, that is, rationality and fairness, will not attract the attention or injustice of ordinary people. If you are obsessed with money, regard money as your life, forget profit and righteousness, obtain money by illegal means or improper channels, or collect money from ordinary people indiscriminately, and corruption prevails, people will be angry, will not buy your account, or even rise up to overthrow you. Here, officials are warned that loving money is the first step for officials to fall or fall. Yue Fei put forward that "civil servants don't love money", which is a layer of defense for officials' ideology and morality. Keeping this line of defense can achieve the career of the official. Otherwise, if we break through this line of defense and love money to a certain extent, the officials will lose their minds and do things that violate the law and regulations to collect money, engage in corruption, and have a bad political platform until their reputation is ruined or their country is ruined. Although loving money does not mean being greedy for money, being greedy for money must love money. It is dangerous for civil servants to be obsessed with money, fantasize and fall in love.
"Civil servants don't love money" refers to the attitude of officials towards their possession of money. She demanded that officials should have a correct attitude towards money, abide by the rules and regulations (today, law-abiding is emphasized), treat money correctly, refrain from greed and the intention of collecting money, and try to be diligent and conscientious without seeking money other than money. In this way, ordinary people can get more benefits and benefits, and then support your regime. Throughout the history, "the rule of culture and scenery" and "the rule of zhenguan" are the 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 of Liu Chan's last performance: "I served the first emperor at the beginning, and I was dependent on the official, so I didn't live independently. Today, there are 8 mulberry plants in Chengdu and 15 hectares of barren land. Children have enough food and clothing to spare. As for the minister's appointment outside, he has no scheduling, food and clothing with him, and he is respected by the official. He does not treat his life differently, but is long in size. If on the day of my death, I don't want to make more money inside, but I will win money outside, so as to be negative to your majesty. "
The history says that Zhuge Liang is a pawn, as the saying goes, which shows that his words and deeds are consistent. Moreover, his funeral was also very simple. "The bright legacy was ordered to bury the 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 in all previous ruling ministers.
The ethos of incorruptibility among officials of Shu and Han regimes was formed under the influence of Zhuge Liang's personal practice. This kind of atmosphere has played a great role in stabilizing the 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's death is endless" in the first volume of New History as a Mirror). The model of honest officials in 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, engaged in malpractices for personal gain, advocated extravagance and debauchery, and led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
"Military attaché will not hesitate to die" reveals the essence of a general and a captain in the army, which is the most basic moral requirement for military attaché s and the highest interpretation of their outlook on life. "Do not hesitate to die" means not afraid of death, not afraid of death. During the war, the military attache was afraid of death, so how could he defend the enemy and protect the country! The emergency and danger are critical, and the military attache is afraid of death. How can he save the disaster?
As a military attache, one's duty is to guard the border and defend the enemy. Doing this can fundamentally safeguard national security and national prosperity. At the critical moment of foreign invasion crisis, the military attache can put his life and death aside, go out to face the enemy, fight bravely or command, and the country will be saved and the nation will be saved. Otherwise, we can only suffer losses, heavy losses and even national subjugation. The great military commanders in history are shining with stars. Han Xin, Guan Yunchang and Huang Zhong, who are familiar to everyone, are the battlefields for founding the country and unifying the bloody battle. Yang Jiajiang and Zong Ze, who invaded foreign countries in the Northern Song Dynasty, especially the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army, led a hundred thousand troops eastward to aid Kyoto, and they fought with the 8 Jin Army, all of them were wiped out, and the marshal was also killed, which was touching! When Jin Jun first surrounded Kyoto, Emperor Qin Zongdi asked Wu Chen who could lead the troops against the enemy, but there was no answer. Later, Li Gang, a civil servant, volunteered to lead his troops to the city to stand by for help. The main reason for this situation is that the generals guarding the border were afraid of death and fled when the nomads from the Jin army invaded heavily, which made the land of Dasong easily reduced to the enemy. At that time, some generals were afraid of the enemy like a tiger before seeing the arrival of the nomads from the city, and refused to open the city to take in the fleeing people, fearing that the city would open the enemy and then enter, resulting in a large number of people's lives being ruined. This is really immoral!
"Civil servants don't love money, but military officers are willing to die." The two words 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 the governance of clean government and civil servants; The peace of the country is strong, and it needs the maintenance of military attache with sacrifice spirit. Civil servants who love money and are greedy for money can't meet the requirements of national civil administration, and military officers who are afraid of death can't maintain national security (because they don't have superb martial arts effectiveness). Wen can't be ruled, Wu can't be enemies, and there is no peace in the country. In such a world, it is impossible for people to live a good life. Therefore, as an official, the famous saying of Yue Fei should be used as a motto to always warn yourself.