The famous sayings about putting people first are as follows:

1. What is the purpose of ensuring peace of the people? If you do not ask for anything from the people, then the people will be safe. ——Qing Jinying's "Motto Lian Bi".

Translation: How can we make people live and work in peace and contentment? If you do not plunder property from the people, then the people will be able to enjoy peace.

2. The way to govern is not to calm the people; the way to calm the people is to observe their sufferings. ——"Zhang Taiyue Collection" by Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty.

Translation: The key to governing a country is to make the people stable; the key to making the people stable is to understand their suffering.

3. The secret to enriching a country is not to amass money but to be sparing with money. ——Song Xin Qiji's "Nine Discussions".

Translation: The way to make a country rich is not to plunder the people but to save money.

4. Don’t worry about the poverty of your family, but worry about the hunger in the world. ——"Occasionally Yin" by Wei Yuan of the Qing Dynasty.

Translation: Don’t worry about your own family being frozen. What worries you is that people all over the world are hungry.

5. When you are in a place of wealth, you must know the pain of poverty. ——Ming Hong Yingming's "Cai Gen Tan".

Translation: Living in a wealthy environment, you must know the hardships of poor and impoverished people.

People-oriented concept

People-oriented is the earliest people-oriented idea in China. It comes from "Song of the Five Sons" in "Shang Shu·Song of the Five Sons", which states that the emperor has a precept: The people can approach, but cannot leave. The people safeguard the country's foundation, and the foundation strengthens the country's peace. This is the earliest record in Chinese history books that the people (common people) are the foundation of the country.

From then on, from the Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Mohism and other schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to the progressive thinkers and politicians in the late feudal society, almost all advocated and promoted people-oriented thinking, thus making It has become the most influential and longest-lasting philosophical thought and political belief in Chinese culture.

Putting the people first, the people means the common people, as opposed to the king. Putting the people first, in the words of Mencius, means that the people are the most important and the ruler is the least. Before the Tang Dynasty, there was only people-centeredness, not people-centeredness. After Tang Taizong Li Shimin became emperor, in order to avoid the taboo of the emperor, he changed his name to generation and people to people. Therefore, putting people first has become people-centered.