——Quoted in "Closely Focusing on Adhering to and Developing Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Learning, Publicizing and Implementing the Spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China" and other articles

■Interpretation

Comrade Xi Jinping used this to clarify the "law of corruption": if inner self-discipline is lost, external temptation can take advantage of it. After being dismissed, some leading cadres often lament that there are too many temptations, too bad a bad atmosphere, and too lax supervision, as if everything has nothing to do with them, and the social, cultural, and political ecology is to blame, and some people even call it "passive corruption." Abuse of power for personal gain is to blame for the unhealthy atmosphere that has brought oneself badly, and corruption is also to blame for the bad environment for dragging oneself into the water. Is that really the case? In fact, the collapse of the ideological defense line, the unstable principled stand, and the vacillation of ideals and beliefs are the fundamental causes, after all, "external factors work through internal factors." Comrade Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that "some party members and cadres have such and such problems, in the final analysis, they are confused in faith and lost in spirit." If the ideals and beliefs are not firm, the spirit will be "lacking calcium" and the action will be "cartilage". Therefore, only by replenishing the spiritual "calcium", strengthening the cultivation of party spirit, and building a strong line of self-discipline can we forge an incorruptible body and a body that is invulnerable to all kinds of poisons.

■Original text

Chen Shizhi won the people, with Xiang Yan and Fusu. The prosperity of the Xiang family is also to establish the heart of Chu Huai Wang Sun; And the rebellion of the princes is also to kill the righteous emperor. And the establishment of the righteous emperor has increased to the mastermind. The survival of the righteous emperor is not only the rise and fall of Chu, but also the increase and the blessing and misfortune; There is no righteous emperor who dies, and those who have been able to survive for a long time are also. The champion of the feather killing Qingzi is also the omen of the righteous emperor. If he kills the righteous emperor, he will be suspicious of the increase, how can he treat Chen Pingzai? Things must rot first, and then worms will give birth; People will first suspect it, and then they will slander it. Although Chen Ping is wise, there is no doubt that An Nengjian is the master?

——(Northern Song Dynasty) Su Shi "Fan Zeng"

■Definition

"Fan Zeng's Treatise" is an early historical essay by Su Shi, which is included in the tenth volume of "Guwen Guan Zhi". In terms of writing skills, the article adopts the method of one-point expansion, multi-party proof, and layer-by-layer in-depth, and does its best to transform and transform. Su Shi turned over the historical example of Chen Ping's use of the plot to divide Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, and proposed in a novel way: "Things must rot first, and then insects will be born; People will first suspect it, and then they will slander it. "Things always decay first before insects parasitize, which means that things always have their own weaknesses before they are invaded by external objects. It was precisely because Xiang Yu was suspicious by nature and listened to slander that he was used by the enemy and suffered a miserable defeat.

"Things must rot first, and then insects will grow" contains a profound philosophy: in the process of the development of things, external causes are the conditions for change, internal causes are the basis of change, and external causes act through internal causes. The crux of the problem of corruption lies in the fact that corrupt people themselves do not have high moral quality, poor self-control ability, and are easily tempted by money and beauty. Therefore, we must be self-respecting, self-examining, and self-vigilant, and resist temptation and stand the test.