——Cited in "Zhijiang New Language: Doing Practical Things for the People and Becoming Pragmatic" and other articles

■Interpretation

There is no political party in the world that has engraved the "people" on its banner since its birth like the Communist Party of China, and has been consistent and persistent for more than 90 years. The foundation of our party is in the people, the blood is in the people, and the strength is in the people. Comrade Xi Jinping quoted this sentence to emphasize that the love of fish and water has always been mutual, and if party members and cadres can devote themselves to the people, enjoy the joy of the people, and worry about the worries of the people, the masses will also repay virtue with virtue, so as to win the heartfelt support and support of the masses, realize the benign interaction between the party and the masses, and recount the friendship between fish and water in the new era.

People-oriented, governing for the people, in the end, must be implemented in one practical matter after another. These practical things are not only embodied in the "big things" that promote economic and social development and benefit the whole society, but also in the "small things" that are closely related to the daily life of the people. "The joy of the people" is embodied in letting the fruits of development benefit the people, and "worrying about the people" is embodied in solving problems for the masses.

■Original text

King Xuan of Qi saw Mencius in the Snow Palace. The king said, "The sage also has this pleasure? Mencius said, "Yes." If you can't, it's not your thing. It is not possible to be the one who is not above, and it is not; Neither is he who is for the people and does not rejoice with the people. Those who are happy with the people, the people are also happy; Those who are worried about the people, the people are also worried. Happy to the world, worried about the world, but not the king, there is nothing. ……”

——(Warring States) Mencius "Mencius: King Hui of Liang"

■Definition

The above is a conversation between Mencius and King Xuan of Qi. "Those who are happy with the people, the people are also happy; Those who are worried about the people, the people are also worried" is an important point of Mencius's people-oriented thought. It means that he who rejoices in the happiness of the people, the people will rejoice in his happiness as well; He who grieves with the sorrow of the people, the people will grieve with his sorrow. Mencius believed that there is no precedent for treating the happiness of the people of the world as happiness and the sorrow of the people of the world as sorrow, so that the world cannot be subjugated. The famous sentence in Fan Zhongyan's "The Story of Yueyang Tower" in the Northern Song Dynasty "The worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world" is the inheritance and development of Mencius's thought.

Mencius believed that the people are the main body of the country, and if the monarch wants to ensure the stability of the country, he must win the hearts of the people, obey the will of the people, and enjoy with the people, so as to win the support and love of the people. Mencius also expressed this way: "The ancient people and the people were happy, so they were happy." "Now the king rejoices with the people, and the king (wà

g) 矣. ”

Rejoicing with the people is also an integral part of Mencius's thought of benevolence. It is on the basis of this understanding that Mencius admonished rulers to be people-oriented, to value and love the people in their thinking; Militarily, it is necessary to avoid war, reassure the people, and save the people; Economically, it is necessary to control the property of the people, enrich the people, and benefit the people.