Confucius said: the people can let it go without knowing it. Many people think that what Confucius meant was: just let the people go to work, and don't let them know that they are too fickle and too smart. This is a foolish idea. In fact, this is a serious misinterpretation of Confucius' original intention.

There were no punctuation marks in ancient times, and the pause of a sentence was determined by judging the coherence of the text and meaning. If we punctuate this sentence of Confucius as follows: man can let nature take its course; No, you know. It means to issue a decree and let the people do it if they approve it; If you don't agree, let them know the reason for doing so.

"The people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the light." In fact, many statements in the Analects of Confucius can mutually confirm Confucius' thought of valuing the people over the monarch. How did this idea of "democracy" transcend time and space at the end of Confucius' slave society! Now junior "public servants" may not be able to do it.