1. If you care deeply about the people, you will also be careful in planning. ——Ouyang Xiu, Song Dynasty
2. Being tolerant will win many people, and trusting people will help them. ——Su Che, Song Dynasty
3. Those who seek the growth of trees must consolidate them. Fundamentally; those who wish to flow far must dredge up their springs; those who long for the security of their country must accumulate their virtues and righteousness. ——Wei Zheng?
4. Wealth depends on people’s livelihood, relies on people’s strength, depends on people’s power, and happiness depends on people’s colonization. ——Chen Shou?
5. The saint has an impermanent heart and takes the hearts of the people as his heart. ——Laozi?
6. If the people’s hearts are with them, great things can be accomplished; if the people’s hearts are alienated, they will soon be destroyed. ——Chen Tianhua of the Qing Dynasty?
7. If the source is quiet, the flow will be clear, if the root is solid, it will be lush; if it is cultivated internally, it will be organized externally, and if the shape is straight, the shadow will be straight. ——Wei Zi?
8. The country is based on the people, and the country is also established for the people. ——Mencius?
9. People’s livelihood depends on diligence, and diligence will lead to failure. ——"Zuo Zhuan"?
10. Food and clothing are to enrich people's livelihood, and etiquette and righteousness are to nourish their hearts. ——Xu Heng?
11. The country is based on the people, and the country is also established for the people. ——Zhu Xi?
12. Those who serve the country should enrich the people and be based on righteous learning. ——Han·Wang Fu?
13. People have their own happiness in life, but I only take it as a common practice. ——Qu Yuan?
14. The way to govern is to obey the people. ——Song Dynasty Cheng Yi?
15. The people support the country, but it is unheard of to use the country to support the people. ——Wang Anshi?
16. The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is strong to ensure peace. ——"Shang Shu"?
17. The king depends on the country, and the country depends on the people. ——Li Shimin?
18. Those who enjoy the benefits of the world will bear the troubles of the world; those who live in the happiness of the world will share the worries of the world. ——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty?
19. A master can do anything, forget himself and love the common people. ——Wang Wei of Tang Dynasty
20. There are rules for governing a country, and benefiting the people is the basis. ——Sima Qian?
21. Those who serve as ministers take it as a merit to enrich and live the people, and take it as a crime to impoverish the people. ——Jia Yi
22. Those who care about the people's excellence will also be concerned about their worries; those who enjoy the people's happiness will also be happy about them.
——Mencius?
23. The order of the world depends on the prosperity of the people, the peace of the world depends on the happiness of the people, and the prosperity of the world depends on the people tending to be righteous. ——Wang Tingxiang of the Ming Dynasty?