——"Speech at the National Organization Work Conference" and other articles

■Interpretation

In Comrade Xi Jinping's view, the word "responsibility" is very important. When he was the president of the Central Party School in 2010, he emphasized that "to look at a leading cadre, it is very important to see whether there is a sense of responsibility and the spirit of responsibility"; At the 2013 National Organization Work Conference, he particularly emphasized the courage to take responsibility, pointing out that "adhering to principles and daring to take responsibility are the basic qualities that party cadres must have", and regarded this as an important criterion for good cadres. Comrade Xi Jinping quoted this allusion to encourage leading cadres to be diligent and dare to take responsibility, and not to evade responsibility and do nothing. There is such a saying among the common people, "If you are an official and do not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes", although it is a joke, but it also expresses the expectations of the masses for cadres, and the first is to dare to do things and have the courage to take responsibility. Responsibility is responsibility, good cadres must have a sense of responsibility heavier than Mount Tai, adhere to the party's principles first, the party's cause first, the people's interests first, dare to take a clear stand, dare to be more serious, work hard, do their best, start and finish, and do well. For the cause of the party and the people, cadres must dare to think, dare to do, and dare to act, and be the strong grass and real gold of our times.

■Original text

The way of a gentleman is to advocate loyalty for the world. The chaos of the world is also, the upper and lower indulge in the desire to die, the treacherous and the false swallow each other, and the deceit is turned into a corner, and it is dangerous for others to seek its own safety. Afraid of difficulties and avoiding harm, he once refused to donate the power of silk millet to save the world, and those who were loyal rose up and corrected him, self-denial and love others, went to hypocrisy and clumsiness, bowed to all difficulties, and did not blame others for the same trouble, and donated his life heroically, such as returning to his hometown from a long journey, and did not care about palpitations. Since everyone does what they do, they are also ashamed of living and ashamed of avoiding things.

——(Qing) Zeng Guofan, "The Heart Sutra and Sincerity"

■Definition

"Shame for officials to avoid things" is derived from Zeng Guofan's "Governing the Heart Sutra and Sincerity", "to be ashamed of living and to be ashamed of avoiding things". Zeng Guofan believed that those who serve as officials and politicians should seek their own affairs in their positions, and it should be the greatest shame to "avoid things" and not actively do things, and to let them fulfill their duties.

Zeng Guofan's "Heart Sutra" talks about the heart and body and the body, and the mouth and body are both defense. He believes that "the way to cure the heart is to remove its poison first". He also said: "The word 'vastness' is used to cure the mind, and the word 'no medicine' is used to cure the body." Based on this, he summed up a set of methods for cultivating the mind and healing the mind, cultivating oneself and realizing the Tao.

In this passage, Zeng Guofan talks about the power of loyalty based on his personal experience. When the world is in turmoil, most people are afraid of difficulties and avoid harm, and try their best to seek their own safety, and are unwilling to do a little bit to save the world from danger. Only loyal and righteous people regard death as their home, and rise up to correct the chaos. As a result, people took them as an example, ashamed of stealing their lives, ashamed of avoiding things and avoiding harm, and finally "put an end to the chaos". Zeng Guofan believes that the way of a gentleman is to advocate the world with the word loyalty, uphold justice, and dare to take responsibility.