From "Jie Shi Ming", it was promulgated to the world in the eighth year of Taiping and Xingguo (AD 983).

This sentence was selected from the "Promulgation of Orders" written by Meng Chang in the fourth year of Guangzheng (941 AD) in order to rectify the administration of officials after he succeeded to the throne. In order to reform the official administration, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty personally issued stone inscriptions in Fuzhou and counties, and painstakingly warned local officials to use the stone inscriptions to restrain himself and his subordinate officials. However, corrupt officials continued to emerge in endlessly in later generations.

The full text means that your salary comes from the hard-earned money of the common people. The common people are easy to exploit, but God is difficult to be deceived.

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The evolution of "Jie Shi Ming" through the ages

The Jiangxi Taihe County Museum collects a precious inscription - "Jie Shi Ming" written by Huangshan Valley 》. The inscription comes from "Ling Zhen" written by Meng Chang, the leader of Shu in the Five Dynasties. The original text can be found in "Shu Longevity Plan" by Zhang Tangying of Song Dynasty and "Rong Zhai Continuation" by Hong Maiyou, with 24 sentences.

Taizong of the Song Dynasty cut out the complex and simplified it, and excerpted four sentences from it: "Your salary and your salary are the people's blessings. The people are easy to abuse, but the gods are hard to bully." . When the governor and county magistrate of the state sit on the board of directors, you can see the 16 characters to warn them to act impartially and engage in politics for the people, so it is called "Imperial Precept Stone Inscription".

Zhezong of the Song Dynasty also wrote the "Jie Stone Inscription" to counties and counties. In the second year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, Huang Shangu wrote the "Jie Stone Inscription" in counties and counties. After the two Song Dynasties, "Jie Stone Inscription" spread throughout all states and counties across the country, becoming a famous aphorism and official motto.

In the early Qing Dynasty, the "Jie Stone Stele" was placed in the center in front of the government office lobby. Later, it was changed to the form of an archway. The "Jie Stone Monument" is still preserved in the Zhili Governor's Government Office in Baoding, Hebei Province.

During the Guangxu period, Chen Fengxiang, a native of Chenghai, Guangdong, was appointed as the present governor of Taihe County. He once renovated Kuai Pavilion, a famous historical site in Taihe, and re-engraved the yellow book "Jie Shi Ming" on the wall of the building. He appended a postscript to the inscription: "There used to be a Valley Poetry Stele in Kuai Pavilion, and it was re-engraved by Song Tai and Zai Zhuo Shizhen. After the war, the stele was destroyed, leaving a missing mark.

Guangxu Renwu Yu Cheng In this county, the people of Shiyi rebuilt Kuai Pavilion, which was imitated by Qiansun Junziguo. Later, they obtained the stone-engraved version of Daozhou Huangshu and restored it to Guofuleshi. . It's just a matter of adding a story to Chenghai.

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