——Quoted in "Speech at the Work Conference on the Party's Mass Line Education and Practice Activities" and other articles

■Interpretation

There is no trivial matter in the style problem, and if the small problem is left alone, it will also cause a big problem. In this regard, Comrade Xi Jinping has a clear understanding, and he emphasized on different occasions that "small holes are not mended, big holes suffer hardships", "accumulate feathers and sink boats, and the group folds the shaft lightly". Whether it is to change the style of work or to fight corruption, "we must grasp big problems and small problems" is a consistent line of thought in governance. From opposing the giving of gifts at public expense, to cracking down on unhealthy practices in clubs, to eradicating "corruption on the tip of the tongue", the thunderous action shows the determination not to abandon the small end. Over the past two years or so, phased results have been achieved in changing the style of work. Why can it cause social repercussions in such a short period of time? The answer lies in starting from small things, iron-faced accountability, rigid constraints, and strict discipline, so that the system becomes a "charged high-voltage line" and discipline becomes an insurmountable "red line". From the perspective of leading cadres, they should be cautious and cautious, do not think that it is nothing to eat, drink, and take, and do not think that everything will be fine if they do not make big mistakes and keep making small mistakes. The road of no return to corruption often begins with the details, and how can we take small things, small sections, and small profits lightly?

■Original text

The book says: "Full of losses, humble gains." "Sorrow can rejuvenate the country, Yiyu can die, and the principle of nature is also. Therefore, Fang Qisheng is also the hero of the world, and he can't compete with it; and its decline, dozens of people are trapped, and the country is destroyed, laughing for the world. Husband's calamities often accumulate in the slightest, and wisdom and courage are more trapped in drowning, how can they be alone! He wrote "The Biography of Lingguan".

——(Northern Song Dynasty) Ouyang Xiu, "The History of the New Five Dynasties: The Twenty-fifth Biography of Lingguan"

■Definition

The above is the conclusion of Ouyang Xiu's preface to "The History of the New Five Dynasties: The Biography of Lingguan". The servant was a servant who was granted an official position in the feudal court. "The Biography of Lingguan" is a joint biography of Lingguan Jingxiu, Shi Yanqiong, Guo Mengao and others who were favored by Li Cunxuan (xù) of Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty. In the "Preface to the Biography of Lingguan", Ouyang Xiu expounded the truth that the rise and fall of a country is mainly determined by personnel through the typical cases of the Later Tang Dynasty Zhuangzong who made great efforts to rule the world and favored the servants who lost the world.

"Disasters often accumulate in the slightest, and wisdom and courage are mostly trapped in drowning." Meaning, calamity is often the result of the accumulation of small mistakes, and that people's wisdom and courage are often troubled by the things they are obsessed with. Then the author broadened the connotation of the article with the sentence "How can you be alone", so that the historical lesson of Tang Zhuangzong's death because of his favor of Lingren has universal significance. There is an old English ballad: "A nail is missing, a horseshoe is missing; lost a horseshoe and a warhorse; Lost a horse and lost a battle; Lost a battle, lost a country. It is about the fact that in 1485, King Richard III of England suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Perseworth due to the missing iron nail. It seems that disasters accumulate in the slightest, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, and there is no exception.