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■Interpretation

Honesty and diligence are the basic coordinates for leading cadres to establish themselves and establish themselves. Comrade Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the "three stricts and three realities", "not only strict self-cultivation, strict use of power, strict self-discipline, but also practical in seeking things, starting a business, and being a real person". A clean and diligent administration is the proper meaning of the topic, and leading cadres should be both "honest officials" and "diligent officials," and they should be honest and diligent in their work. In Chinese history, there are many officials who are both honest and diligent, Zhuge Liang, who "did his best and died", "did not let there be surplus silk inside, and there was money outside"; Sima Guang, who "bows to the government and is reluctant to give up day and night", "ends his life with evil clothes and food". Feudal officials can still do this, why can't the communists? If the official is not honest, he will be confused by interests and moved by money, then the so-called actions will be chaotic acts, and will break through the bottom line, go beyond the rule of law, get rid of constraints, and will have negative effects. If you are not diligent in government, you will be slack in government and do nothing. If corruption is a crime that can be seen and touched, then this kind of lazy government thinking is even more hidden and more difficult to detect, like boiling a frog in warm water, and its harm in the long run cannot be underestimated. Lack of honesty or diligence runs counter to the requirements of ruling for the people, let alone winning the trust and support of the masses. So, how can leading cadres achieve both honest and diligent administration? This sentence quoted by Comrade Xi Jinping is the answer, not to say that poverty is cheap, not afraid of hardship and logistics, in the final analysis, it is necessary to strengthen inner cultivation and party spirit cultivation.

■Original text

Honesty does not speak of poverty, diligence does not speak of hardship; Respect what they hear, and do what they know.

——Ancient Maxim Union (Henan Neixiang County Yaying Couplet)

■Definition

There is a pair of couplets hanging in the account room of Yadong in Neixiang County, Henan, and the upper link is: honesty does not speak of poverty, and diligence does not speak of hardship. The following link is: respect what he hears, do what he knows. "Honesty does not speak of poverty, diligence does not mean hardship" is the use of Shanglian.

Neixiang County Ya was built in the eighth year of Yuan Dade (1304), and then repaired and expanded many times in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and gradually formed a group of large-scale official government buildings, which is the most complete ancient county government in our country so far. There are many couplets and plaques in Neixiang County, the language is simple and the meaning is profound, which embodies the ancient Chinese official ethics and governing philosophy.

The meaning of this couplet is that a truly honest person will not talk about how he is poor; A truly diligent person will not complain about how hard he is. The meaning of the lower link is that the gentleman admires the good words he hears and strives to practice the ideas he knows.

Being honest and diligent in political affairs has always been advocated by Confucianism, and it is the moral character that officials and politicians of all generations should have. Those who are honest never speak of poverty; Those who are truly diligent in government never speak bitterly. The unity of knowledge and action, actions speak louder than words, is the way to be an official.