Synonym: amiable ordinary people.
Antonym: aggressive, domineering
Source: Historical Records of Zhou Gong Family by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty: People, people must return to it.
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In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, his son was sealed in Lu, King Taigong (Jiang Ziya) was sealed in Qi, and Duke Zhou was still assisting the regent. Three years later, Bo Qin came in to report the government affairs to the Duke of Zhou, who said, "Why did you come so late?" Bo Qin said, "I have made great efforts to change the customs." For example, mourning must be served for three years before it can be removed. "
After Taigong arrived here, he went to report on his work five months later. Duke Zhou said, "How did you get here so fast?" Taigong said: "I greatly simplified the etiquette of the monarch and the minister, and everything was simple and easy to follow." Taigong later heard of Boqin's report on participating in politics and said with a sigh, "The descendants of Lu will definitely submit to Qi in the north. If politics is not simple and clear, people are reluctant to get close to it.
People, people will join. "So" approachable "refers to political simplicity. But in the Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid the taboo of Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin, all the words "person" were changed to "person", and this language was no exception.
For example, when Bai Juyi quoted this sentence in Selin, he changed it to "approachable". With this change, the meaning has also changed, from politics to the attitude towards people, and sometimes the style of the article is easy to understand.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-approachable (text)