I asked my ministers: "Which one is more difficult, starting a business or staying successful?" Fang Xuanling said: "In the early days of the grass, it is difficult to start a business if you compete with the heroes and then follow them!" Wei Zheng said: "Since ancient times, emperors have never been willing to suffer hardships and lose comfort. It is difficult to maintain success!" It said: "Xuanling and I conquered the world and died hundreds of times to gain a lifetime. Therefore, we know the difficulty of starting a business, so we conquered it!" "In order to secure the world, we are always afraid that arrogance and extravagance will arise from wealth and wealth, and disasters will arise from negligence. Therefore, we know that it is difficult to maintain success. However, the difficulty of starting a business is over. We should be cautious about the difficulty of maintaining success." Xuan Ling and others worshiped. : "Your Majesty and these words ③ bring blessings to the whole world." ① Top: Refers to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. ② Grassy; this refers to the creation of a country. ③And this statement: Speaking of this truth.

"During the Zhenguan period, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty often discussed with his ministers the difficulty of starting a business or staying successful. One day, he asked Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others: 'Which is more difficult, starting a business or staying successful?' Fang Xuanling replied He said: "When the world is in chaos, heroes are everywhere, attacking cities and territories, and wars are fierce. The difficulty of starting a business is obvious." Wei Zheng disagreed with this view. He said: "The monarch conquers the world by annihilating the enemy in chaos and gaining the support of the people." , so it is not too difficult to start a business; after gaining the world, it is easy to become complacent and corrupt, and the decline of the country begins. Therefore, emperors from ancient times have not suffered from hardships and lost their comfort. "Taizong said: " Ling and I have determined the world, and they have survived hundreds of deaths, so they know the difficulty of starting a business. Wei Zheng and I have determined the world, and they know that arrogance and luxury are born from wealth, and disasters are born from negligence, so they know the difficulty of maintaining a career.

But the difficult period of starting a business has passed, and now the difficulties of maintaining a business are what everyone must treat with caution! ’”