The Book of Songs says: A gentleman who rejoices with the people is the parent of the people. The people like what they like, and they hate what the people hate, which is called the parents of the people. The Book of Songs says: The majestic South Mountain, the mountains and rocks are high and high. Illustrious Grand Master, all the people are watching. Those who govern the country must not be careless, and if something goes wrong, they will be punished by the people of the world. The Book of Songs says: When Yin Shang did not lose the hearts of the people, the emperor also blessed him. We should learn from the lessons of the demise of Yin Shang, and the Emperor of Heaven will bless him forever. This is the truth: if you get the people, you will get the country, and if you lose the people, you will lose the country.

Therefore, the first thing a gentleman should consider is virtue. With virtue there is the people, with the people there is the land, with the land there is wealth, and with wealth there is the use of the state. Virtue is the foundation, wealth is the end. If you focus on what you do, you will forcibly seize wealth from the common people. Therefore, when the king amassed wealth, the people turned away; The king gave wealth to the people, and the people returned in droves. Therefore, since the king has an outlet for words that he does not listen to, the people will have words that do not listen to them. Since the king's goods are not obtained from the right way, they will not go out from the right way.

"Kang Hao" says: Destiny does not always bless a person. It means that if you have good virtue, you can get it, and if you don't have good virtue, you will lose it, and the Book of Chu says: Chu does not regard anything else as a treasure, but only virtue as a treasure. The uncle said: The exile has nothing to be treasured but to cherish benevolence and righteousness.

"Qin Oath" said: If there is such a minister, sincere and faithful, no other specialty, but his moral character, generous-hearted, able to tolerate people and things. Others have what they have, as if they had it themselves; He praised the talents and virtues of others from the heart, and not only praised them verbally, but also tolerated and recommended them, so that my children and grandchildren could be protected and the country would be benefited. He is jealous and disgusted when others have any abilities; Other people's talents, other people's virtues, he pressed and covered them so that the king would not know about them, and he could not tolerate and recommend them, so that my children and grandchildren could not be protected, and it was also very dangerous to the country.

Only a loving king can exile such jealous and jealous people, and expel them to the four kingdoms, and not to live with them. That is to say, only a benevolent person knows what kind of people to love and what kind of people to hate. Seeing a sage and not being able to recommend it, and recommending it after it is not reused, this is neglect. It is a mistake not to be able to repel a bad person when you see it, and not to exile him from afar after repulsion. Liking what people hate, hating what people like, is called going against human nature, and the result is bound to be disaster. Therefore, a gentleman has a way to govern the country, and he must be faithful to get it, and pride and indulgence will lose it.

There are methods and rules to follow for making money. That is, if you work more, eat less, produce more, and consume less, then wealth will always be abundant. The benevolent person divides his wealth among others and earns a good reputation; The unkind would rather have wealth than a good reputation, and I have not heard of a king who loves benevolence but his subordinates do not love righteousness. I have never heard of a subordinate who likes righteousness but can't do things. I have never heard of a subordinate who does not take care of the wealth of the state treasury as his own. Meng Xianzi said: If the livestock and horses ride the house, there is no need for chickens to raise chickens and pigs; f If you cut down the ice, you don't have to worry about the benefits of raising cattle and sheep; The family of Baicheng should not support a subordinate who specializes in collecting money. Instead of feeding a subordinate who specializes in collecting money, it is better to feed a robber as a subordinate.

That is to say, the state should not take profit for profit, but for righteousness. If you become a monarch and think about how to accumulate wealth, you will definitely fall into villainous behavior. If the monarch wants to practice benevolence and righteousness, but let this generation of villains run the country, then he will make trouble to the point where disasters will not go alone, but disasters will come. At this point, even with the help of good people, there is nothing that can be done about it. That is to say, the state should not take profit for profit, but for righteousness.

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(43) Guanyi

The reason why people become human beings lies in courtesy and righteousness. Where does etiquette begin? It should start with proper behavior, good attitude, and respectful speech. Proper manners, good attitude, and respectful speech, then etiquette and righteousness are considered complete. In this way, the monarch and the minister will be in their place, father and son will be close to each other, and the young and the old will be harmonious. Monarchs and ministers are in their respective positions, fathers and sons are close to each other, and the elders and children are harmonious, and then etiquette and righteousness are established. Therefore, only after the crown ceremony can be regarded as complete, and after the clothing is complete, can we behave appropriately, have a good attitude, and speak respectfully. Therefore, the crown ceremony is the beginning of the ceremony. Therefore, the holy kings of ancient times attached great importance to the crown ceremony.

When the ancients held the crown ceremony, they first selected an auspicious day through the divination. By choosing a guest who can crown his son, he shows his importance for the crowning. The importance of the crowning also reflects the importance of the ceremony, and the importance of the ceremony reflects the fact that the ceremony is the foundation of governing the country. Crowning the son-in-law on the eastern steps indicates that the son-in-law is the future heir. In the guest seat, he bowed to the crown person (jiào), which means that he has been respected by adults. The crown is crowned three times, and the crown is more noble than the one time, which is to inspire the crown to aspire upward. After the crowning ceremony, the person who crowned the crown should be called by his name but not by his name, because he is already an adult. After being crowned, he went to see his mother, and his mother said goodbye; Go to your brother, and your brother will bow down to him: all because he is an adult.

put on a cloth crown, put on a Xuanduan robe, took a gift to meet the monarch, put the gift on the ground, and said that he did not dare to accept it directly; Then I took the gifts to visit the township doctor and Mr. Xiang, both of whom went to visit as adults. Since he is an adult, he must be required to be an adult. The so-called adult etiquette to require him is to be a qualified son, a qualified younger brother, a qualified courtier, and a qualified junior. He will be required to possess these four aspects of virtue, and the crown ceremony can not be important!