1. The order and chaos of the world does not depend on the rise and fall of one surname, but on the joy and sorrow of all people. (Qing Dynasty Huang Zongxi)

Explanation: The peace or chaos of the world does not depend on the prosperity or decline of a family, but on the sorrow or joy of the broad masses of the people.

2. Water has a source, so its flow is endless; trees have roots, so their growth is endless. (Hu Hong, Song Dynasty)

Explanation: Because water has a source, its flow is endless; because trees have roots, their growth is endless.

3. The movement of a big roc is not as light as a feather; the speed of a horse is not as strong as a foot. (Han·Wang Fu)

Explanation: The roc's soaring into the sky does not rely on the agility of a feather; the galloping speed of a horse does not rely on the strength of one leg or foot.

4. A bright hall depends on only one pillar, but all the talents are attached to it. (Song·Shijie)

Explanation: Houses and halls are supported by pillars, but these pillars must be attached with many other materials to stand; great merits can only be given to one person, but merits must be It can only be built through the planning and efforts of the masses.

5. Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. (Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty)

Explanation: Water can carry a ship and sail, but it can also overturn and sink a ship.

6. When it comes to politics, it is urgent to communicate with others. (Xue Xuan, Ming Dynasty)

Explanation: For those who serve as officials and engage in politics, it is most urgent to master and understand the following situations.

7. Cold feet make people sad, and cold people hurt the country. (Han Xun Yue)

Explanation: Cold feet will hurt the heart, and cold hearts of the people will hurt the country.

8. The world belongs to the people of the world. (Zhang Duanyi of the Song Dynasty)

Explanation: The world belongs to the people of the world, not the world of one or two people.

9. Those who have always governed a country would rather not forget the fishermen and woodcutter. (Ming Dynasty Xie Zhen)

Explanation: Those who have always governed a country must not forget the most ordinary people.

10. A lump of soil cannot stop the roaring tide, and an ordinary man cannot correct the decadent customs. (Song Dynasty Lin Bu)

Explanation: A piece of soil cannot stop the raging waves, and an individual cannot correct decaying and bad customs.

11. Those who look up high should not ignore what is below, and those who look up to the front should not ignore what is behind. (Three Kingdoms·Zhuge Liang)

Explanation: Look up and look up. Those who are walking toward heights should not ignore what is below, and those who are looking forward should not ignore what is behind.

12. To do great things and arouse public sentiment, we must unite the hearts of the people and then help. If you are unable to fully cooperate, you must express your sincerity and speak earnestly. If you are unable to comply, you must bend the rules in order to help. (Ming Dynasty Lu Kun)

Explanation: To do big things and mobilize a large number of people, we must coordinate and unite to act. If you cannot coordinate, you must make sincere requests and impress with sincere words; if it still doesn't work, you must temporarily compromise to achieve great things.

13. To take over the world and defend the world, only put your thoughts on one kind of person and work on one word. Which kind of person is it? Said people. What is a word? Say peace. (Ming Dynasty Lu Kun)

Explanation: To seize the world and defend the world, you only need to decide on one kind of person and work on one word. Who is this kind of person? The answer is: "people", what is this word? The answer is "stable".

14. The way to govern a country begins with enriching the people. (Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty)

Explanation: The principle of governing a country should start with making the people rich.

15. Wanli Qiu covered the four walls. Everyone is as stable and warm as me, and there is no cold person in the world. (Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty)

Explanation: Where can I get fur coats that are thousands of miles long and can cover the whole world so that people can be as warm as me? Then there will be no one in the world who is cold.

16. Lying in the Yazhai, listening to the rustling bamboos, they are suspected to be the sounds of suffering among the people; these little Caozhou county officials are always concerned about each branch and leaf. (Qing Dynasty Zheng Xie)

Explanation: Lying in the government office and listening to the sound of bamboo rustling in the wind, I seemed to hear the suffering of the people. As a small state and county official, I have feelings for every branch of the people.

17. It only takes ten people to raise one cable, but a thousand boats are calculated to cross the river. I have also eaten Taicang millet, and I burst into tears at night when I heard evil things. (Gong Zizhen, Qing Dynasty)

Explanation: A cable to pull a grain boat requires ten trackers. Calculating, there are thousands of grain boats crossing the canal every day. I once served as an official in the capital and spent the country's salary. Tonight I heard the call of the trackers and couldn't help but burst into tears. (Evil promise: the cry of trackers working)

18. The prosperity of government lies in obeying the people's will; the failure of government lies in disobeying the people's will. (Guan Zhong)

Explanation: The key to making achievements in political affairs is to obey the people's will. The key to the failure of political affairs is not to follow the people's will.

19. The superior cannot extend the interests of the country, and the inferior cannot satisfy your hunger. I drink wine and you eat bad food. Although you are not responsible for me, how can I escape from my responsibility? (Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty)

Explanation: The superior cannot exploit sources of profit for the country, and the inferior cannot relieve you of hunger. I am drinking and you are eating the lees. Although you do not blame me, how can I escape my responsibility?

20. As high as Kunlun there is snow, and as far as Penglai there is always cold. If you can't carry the world with you, why bother to swim around it! (Wang Ling of the Song Dynasty)

Explanation: There is snow all year round on the high Kunlun Mountains, and it is always shady on Penglai Island. Since I can’t lift up the people all over the world who are suffering from the heat to enjoy the cool air with my hands, how can I bear to go to those places alone to escape the heat?

21. Fan Wenzheng: Worry first and then rejoice, this is what Gao Mengke said. . When I visit Guyi Le in my spare time, why do I have any worries in the world? (Wang Shipeng of the Song Dynasty)

Explanation: Fan Zhongyan once said, "Be anxious when the world is worried first, and be happy after the world is happy." Mencius who enjoys his happiness and cares about the people's worries will also worry about their worries." Mencius is even higher. In your free time, you should go to the mountains and enjoy the water, but how can you enjoy it when the world is worried?

22. Don’t say that you will be granted a title, and one general will achieve great success and ten thousand bones will wither. (Cao Song of the Tang Dynasty)

Explanation: Please don’t talk about your appointment as an official. You must know that a lot of people will be sacrificed for the success of a general.

23. As a wild old man No longer responsible, he was tempted by the refugees he saw on the road. (Song Dynasty, Lu You)

Explanation: Although I no longer have any responsibilities when I retire as a wild old man in the countryside, I will still be tempted when I see wandering people on the road.

24. The strong men of Ande stretched across the Tianhe River, and washed away the troubled Qingjiu District. (Wang Mian of the Yuan Dynasty)

Explanation: How can we get strong men to pull down the Milky Way, wash away the worries of the people and make the whole country refreshed?

25. But if the singing all over the world is quiet, I will be poor and happy in Ganzhou. (Guo Deng, Ming Dynasty)

Explanation: As long as singing and dancing can be peaceful all over the world and people live and work in peace and contentment, I will be happy even if I am poor in Ganzhou.

26. If you live in this world for one day, you will be a good person; if you are an official for one day, you will do good deeds. (Song Dynasty, Luo Dajing)

27. Alas for the refugees! When the sky rains millet, all the maids will survive. (Yuan·Zhang Yanghao)

Explanation: How sad, the victims wandering everywhere! When will God rain down some corn so that you can all survive?

28. I hope that the king’s heart will turn into a bright candle, not illuminating the Qiluo Banquet, but only illuminating the escape room. (Nie Yizhong of the Tang Dynasty)

Explanation: I hope that the emperor’s heart will become a bright candle, not to light up the sumptuous banquets of the rich people wearing silks and satins, but only to light up the exploited people. Empty houses left by poor families who were unable to live and fled.

29. There are rules for governing a country, and the interests of the people are the basis; ("Warring States Policy")

Explanation: The country's system has its ordinary laws, and the fundamental is to be beneficial to the people. There are normative principles for being an official and doing politics, and the most important thing is to ensure that the decrees are implemented clearly.

30. A master can do anything and forget himself and love the common people. (Tang Dynasty Wang Wei's "Giving a House to Lu Shiguan")

Explanation: An expert is a person who understands things.

31. If you care deeply about the people, you will also be careful in planning. (Song Dynasty? Ouyang Xiu's "Yanhongdi Ji")

Explanation: It means that the more deeply you care about the interests of the people, the more careful you will be in considering various design measures.

32. 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. (Song Dynasty? Su Shi's "Giving the new official to keep the minister's book, Youcheng Wang Cunci, exempting favors and refusing to accept the edict")

Interpretation: Responsible, responsible. Suffer, suffer.

33. Don’t use your own interests to benefit yourself, and let the world benefit from it; don’t use your own harm to harm yourself, and let the world relieve its harm. (Ming Dynasty? Huang Zongxi's "Yuanjun")

Interpretation: release, release.

34. Whatever you do with accumulated strength, you will be victorious; whatever you do with all your wisdom, you will be able to accomplish everything with accumulated strength: the power to accomplish everything. ("Wenzi? Xia De")

Interpretation: lift, action, action. That is, just.

35. Avoid three people and lose three people: refers to the majority of people. This means that without majority opinion there will be confusion. ("Han Feizi? Nei Chu Shuo Shang Qi Shu" quotes ancient sayings)

36. To rectify the world, we must inspire the people of the world. To inspire people, we must first cheer up our own spirit. (Ming Dynasty, Lu Kun)

1. The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the country is in peace. ("Song of the Five Sons")

Explanation: Wei, only, only. State, country. Ben, fundamental.

2. My fellow citizens, if you listen to others when you are apart, you will be foolish; if you listen to others when you are united, you will be holy. ("Guan Zi? Jun and Chen Shang")

Explanation: Husband, pronouncing words has no real meaning. Listen to each other separately, and listen to individual words separately. Listen together and listen fully. Holy, omnipotent.

3. Those who serve the country should enrich the people and be based on righteous learning. (Wang Fu of the Han Dynasty, "Qian Fu Lun Wu Ben")

Interpretation: for wéi, to govern. Right, make it right.

4. The people are the root of the country, so we should value their food and love their lives. ("Three Kingdoms? Wu Shu? Luo Tongzhuan")

5. The world is in order when the people are prosperous, the world is peaceful when the people are happy, and the world is prosperous when the people tend to be righteous. (Ming Dynasty Wang Tingxiang's "Careful Words to Protect the People")

Explanation: To promote good conduct and emphasize virtue.

1. When the people are settled and resettled, they cannot be changed. It is easy to move forward but difficult to move against. ("Three Kingdoms? Book of Wei? Biography of Yuan Huan")

Explanation: To settle down and relocate, to live in peace in the homeland and not to move easily. Death cù, the same as "sudden", sudden. Go with it, go with it. Go against it, go against its meaning.

2. It is possible to be virtuous, but difficult to be subdued by strength. ("Three Kingdoms? Wei Shu? Chronicle of Three Young Emperors" Pei Songzhi's annotation quoted from "Wei's Spring and Autumn")

Explanation: Huai, Huairou, Influence.

3. If you are tolerant, you will win people; if you are trustworthy, you will be trusted. (Su Che, Song Dynasty, "New Theory II")

Explanation: Leniency means leniency in politics. Trust and establish prestige. Ren, convinced.

1. Handsome heroes, each with their small and big talents, are in their proper positions. From the end of their own stream, they use heavy weight to control lightness. When they rise up, they sing and the people are harmonious. When they move up, they follow down. They are within the four seas , with one heart and one mind, turning away from greed and toward justice. (Han Wang Fu)

Explanation: For handsome heroes, put them in their due positions according to their talents, so that they can get the power and treatment they deserve. From top to bottom, with silence, the king calls and hundreds of people respond. When the king moves, the people follow closely. The whole world is united, abandoning greed and humility, and yearning for morality and truth.

2. If you respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and if the heroes are in power, then all the people in the world will be happy and willing to serve in their dynasty. (Mencius)

Explanation: Respect the virtuous, use capable people, and place handsome heroes in appropriate positions, so that everyone in the world will be happy and willing to work in such a country.

3. When the emperor of the Ming Dynasty appoints people, he will not only flatter the left and right, but the party will not govern the dynasty. Let a person's strengths be limited to his shortcomings; let others work without limiting his weakness. (Yan Ying)

Explanation: A wise king will not let people who are dedicated to flattering, pleasing or speaking ill of others stay around, and people who form cliques for personal gain will not be allowed to exist in the court. Employ people to use their strengths and not force them to use their weaknesses. Let them do the work they are good at and don't force them to do things they are not good at.

4. If the appointed person is appointed to the right person, the country will be governed, the superiors and the subordinates will be harmonious, the ministers will be friendly, and the people will follow; if the appointed person is not the appointed person, the country will be in danger, the superior and the inferior will be divided, the ministers will be resentful, and the people will be in chaos.

("Huainanzi")

Explanation: If the person appointed appropriately will bring peace to the country, harmony between superiors and subordinates, harmonious relations between ministers, and the people's loyalty; if the person appointed inappropriately, the country will be in danger and danger. There is disharmony between superiors and subordinates, officials resent each other, and the common people are in chaos.

5. The world’s virtuous people can be used by the world, so why should they come from oneself? (Ming Dynasty·Zhang Juzheng)

Explanation: The world's virtuous talents are for the world to use, why do they have to come out to do things for themselves?

6. Take a shower, hold your hair three times, eat a meal and spit out food three times, and stand up to treat scholars, for fear of losing the wise men in the world. (Han Sima Qian)

Explanation: King Wen of Zhou once combed his hair three times while taking a bath, stopped his chopsticks three times while eating, and got up to receive people who came to see him. In this way, he was afraid of losing the world's virtuous talents. .

7. There may not be any heroes in the world, so who can be more lenient? (Liu Kezhuang, Song Dynasty)

Explanation: It’s not that there are no heroes in the world, it’s just who can relax the standards and regulations in use.

8. Although the responsibility is heavy, the faith is not firm; if the faith is not firm, then people may doubt themselves; if people doubt themselves, they will be careless; if they are careless, integrity will not be established. (Tang·Wu Jing)

Explanation: Although he is assigned important responsibilities, he does not fully trust him. Insufficient trust will cause people to have doubts; if they have doubts in life, they will muddle through; that is, they will muddle through. , will not establish good moral integrity.

9. If you exploit your strengths, nothing will be wasted; if you avoid your weaknesses, nothing will be wasted. (Jin·Gehong)

Explanation: If you use the strengths of things, then nothing will waste its function; if you avoid the shortcomings of things, then there will be no wasted materials in the world.

10. If in doubt, don’t use it; if you use it, don’t neglect it. (Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty)

Explanation: If you doubt him, don’t use him; if you use him, don’t be cold and alienated from him.

11. If you don’t know a person’s shortcomings and don’t know a person’s strengths; if you don’t know a person’s shortcomings and don’t know a person’s strengths, you can’t use people or teach them. (Qing Wei Yuan)

Explanation: If you don’t know people’s shortcomings, don’t know people’s strengths, don’t know the shortcomings of people’s strengths, and don’t know the strengths of people’s shortcomings, then you can’t use people or educate people.

12. People cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured. (Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong)

Explanation: People cannot make decisions based on appearance, and sea water cannot be measured with buckets.

13. A horse can take risks, but its strength is not as strong as an ox; a strong chariot can carry heavy loads, but a boat can't cross a river. (Tan Sitong of the Qing Dynasty)

Explanation: A horse can go through hardships, but it is not as good as an ox when working in the fields; a sturdy cart can carry heavy things, but it is not as good as a boat when crossing a river.

14. One cannot be judged to be a gentleman by a moment of praise; one cannot be judged to be a villain by a moment of slander. (Ming Feng Menglong)

Explanation: You cannot judge someone as a gentleman based on one or two compliments; you cannot judge someone as a villain based on temporary criticism.

15. There are seven ways to know people: the first is to observe their will by judging right and wrong; the second is to judge the difference between words and observe their changes; the third is to consult with them based on their strategies and observe their knowledge. ; The fourth is, warn someone of disaster and observe his courage; the fifth is, drink when he is drunk and observe his nature; the sixth is, approach him with benefit and observe his integrity; the seventh is, expect him to do something and observe his trustworthiness. (Three Kingdoms·Zhuge Liang)

Explanation: There are seven ways to observe and understand people: one is to let them participate in things to distinguish right from wrong and see their ambitions; the other is to use the method of pursuing them to the end to debate and see them The third is to look at his knowledge through deliberation and strategy; the fourth is to look at his courage when he suddenly tells the news of impending disaster; the fifth is to look at his nature when he is drunk; the sixth is to look at him for personal gain at the right time. His integrity; seventh, entrust him to do things to see whether he is honest or not.

16. All officials and civilians must first discuss their talents; discuss them, and then appoint them; appoint them, and then rank them; position them, and then reward them. ((Confucius)

Explanation: Whenever a civilian is promoted to be an official, his moral ability must be assessed first. After the assessment is completed and a conclusion is made, he will be appointed.

After appointment, he is first given some specific political affairs to see if he has the ability to do things and passes the probation, and then his official position is determined based on his ability; according to the size of his official position, he is given a corresponding salary.

17. The shortest way to know the wise is to do not rush to test merit. If you succeed in the examination, you will be able to control chaos and violence with clarity, and your faith in good and evil will be upright. (Wang Fu of Han Dynasty)

Explanation: The simplest way to know and employ people is no better than assessing their contribution. If contributions and merits are clearly assessed, the situation of governance and chaos will be very obvious, and the quality and ability of people will be truly reflected.

18. A greedy man is like a wise man. (Han Lu Jia)

Explanation: A common man who harms others with his greedy words pretends to be a saint.

19. If you do not face difficulties, you will not see the heart of a loyal minister; if you do not face wealth, you will not see the integrity of a righteous man. (Song Dynasty Lin Bu)

Explanation: If you don’t face difficulties, you won’t be able to see the loyal minister’s intentions; if you don’t face the property, you won’t be able to see the integrity of the righteous. At that time, people did not know the Lingyun tree, and they waited until Lingyun became a master. (Du Xunhe, Tang Dynasty)

Explanation: People today cannot recognize the trees as reaching the clouds, and they don’t say they are tall until the trees reach the clouds.

20. Talents are rare and easy to lose, and the master must not be unaware of them. (Liang Peilan of the Qing Dynasty)

Explanation: Talent is hard to get but easy to lose. As a person, you have to understand this.

21. I urge God to cheer up and send talents of any kind. (Qing Dynasty Gong Zizhen)

Explanation: I hope that the Emperor of Heaven will regain his spirit and break the rules to produce talents in a variety of ways.

22. Those who employ people should take advantage of their strengths and eliminate their weaknesses; those who teach others should take advantage of their strengths and eliminate their weaknesses. ((Qing Wei Yuan)

Explanation: Those who employ people take advantage of their strengths and avoid their shortcomings; those who educate people achieve their strengths and remove their shortcomings.

23. The third pleasure is to obtain the talents from the world and educate them! (Mencius)

Interpretation: To be able to educate the talents from the world is my third pleasure.

24. If ten people plant poplar trees and one person pulls them out, there will be no poplar trees ("Warring States Policy")

Explanation: If ten people plant poplar trees and one person pulls them out, there will be no life.

25. The one who can rule the world is talent, and the one who can become the world’s talented person is education. (Song Dynasty, Hu Yuan)

Interpretation: It leads to peace and tranquility in the world. Talents, the only way to achieve the world’s talents is through education and training.

26. We should only consider the decline of talents, and there is nothing wrong with having strong morale. (Song Dynasty, Lu You)

Interpretation: Talents. Failure or withering is something to worry about, and people cannot blame or object if their morale is high.

27. A one-year plan is nothing like a tree; a ten-year plan is nothing like a tree; a lifelong plan. , Nothing is more important than planting trees. (Guan Zhong)

Explanation: There is no one-year plan more important than planting food; there is no ten-year plan more important than planting trees; there is no lifelong plan more important than cultivating people. People are more important.

28. It takes three days to test the jade, and it takes seven years to distinguish the material. (Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty)

Explanation: To test the authenticity of jade. It takes three days to know; it takes seven years to distinguish between sleepers and camphor wood.

29. A loving father cannot love a useless son, and a benevolent king cannot spoil a useless minister. (Three Kingdoms·Cao Zhi)

Interpretation: A kind father cannot cherish a useless son, and a benevolent king cannot keep a useless minister in vain.