——Cited in the "Speech at the Seminar on Comprehensively Deepening Reform for Major Leading Cadres at the Provincial and Ministerial Level to Study and Implement the Spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee".

■Interpretation

Law is the basic rule of society. This requires that laws should be beneficial to national development and social governance, and such laws are good laws. For a country, the so-called good law must first be a law that suits its own national conditions, and it is impossible to copy the laws of other countries and regions as they are. Second, if it is a people-oriented law, it must be able to correctly reflect and take into account the interests of the masses in different aspects, strive to solve the most immediate and realistic interests of the people, and earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of citizens. At the same time, it should also be a law that is conducive to national development and social stability, can put the development of various national undertakings on the right track, and solve the fundamental, overall, stable, and long-term problems in the country's development from the institutional and legal perspectives.

■Original text

Cover the gentleman's government, establish good laws in the world, and the world will be governed; If the law is established in a country, then a country will be governed. If it cannot legislate, and if it wants everyone to be pleased, it will not be enough. If Zhou is known to be the government, it is appropriate to establish the law of the school in the world; Those who do not know how to set up a school and work in vain to treat the world are not only lacking in strength, but also have some power.

——(Northern Song Dynasty) Wang Anshi "Zhou Gong"

■Definition

In the second year of the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty (1069), Wang Anshi led the famous "Xining Reform" in Chinese history. In view of the political and economic conditions of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time, Wang Anshi believed that the crux of the problem was the lack of a clear "law". He emphasized not only legislation, but also "good law"; He pointed out that in order to make the law "good," it is necessary to carry out reforms.

In the article "Zhou Gong", Wang Anshi put forward his political views by evaluating the outstanding statesman Zhou Gong in the early Western Zhou Dynasty: "If the law is established in the world, the world will be governed; If the law is established in a country, then a country will be governed. The "country" mentioned here refers to the vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty, which were part of the "world". He believed that Zhou Gong and the auxiliary government should implement the law of establishing schools in the world. If you don't set up a school to cultivate talents, and only rely on your own "one bath and three grips, one meal and three spit feeding" to recruit talents, then not only is the ability insufficient, but also ultimately it will not work.

The saying of "good law" comes from "Guanzi Ren Law": "Today, it is not the case, there are good laws and cannot be observed." Although they have their own emphasis, whether it is the "good law" in "Guanzi" or Wang Anshi's "good law", they all conform to the times.