The country is impermanently strong, and impermanent is weak. If those who follow the law are strong, the country will be strong, and if those who follow the law are weak, the country will be weak.
——"Speech at the End of the Investigation Work in Xinjiang" and other articles
■Interpretation
Rousseau once said, "Regulations are but the arches on the dome, and only the slowly born fashions finally constitute the unshakable keystone on the dome." Laws that work and are effective are inscribed neither on marble nor on bronze watches, but in the hearts of citizens. How to make the rule of law a national faith? This requires that, as the old saying goes, "those who follow the law are strong". As leading cadres and legislative, judicial, and law enforcers, we must first implement the rule of law thinking in practice, so as to achieve the unity of knowledge and action, and be selfless. Comrade Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to "strive to make the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case", and the people's belief in the rule of law is based on this judicial and law enforcement process in which "those who abide by the law benefit and those who violate the law are punished", and on this effective and effective legal system.
■Original text
The country is impermanently strong, and impermanent is weak. If those who follow the law are strong, the country will be strong, and if those who follow the law are weak, the country will be weak. …… Therefore, there are Jingzhuang, Qi Huan, Jing, Qi can be balong, and there are Yan Xiang, Wei Anjiao, Yan and Wei can be strong. Now all those who have lost the country, their ministers and officials are all in chaos, but not in governance. Its country is chaotic and weak, and they all interpret the law of the country and are private, and they are paid to fight fires, and the chaos is very weak!
- (Warring States) Han Feizi "Han Feizi Youdu"
■Definition
Han Feizi was the culmination of Legalist thought during the Warring States Period. "There is a degree" means that there is a law. Han Feizi regarded "following the law" as the key to controlling the rise and fall of chaos, and proposed that "the country is impermanently strong and impermanently weak." If those who follow the law are strong, the country will be strong, and if those who follow the law are weak, the country will be weak." It means that the country will not be rich forever, nor will it be poor and weak for long. Those who enforce the law are resolute, and the nation will be rich and strong. If the rulers are weak, the nation will be poor.
Han Feizi believes that all countries have laws, and the key is whether they can enforce the law impartially. He cited King Jingzhuang (King of Chuzhuang), Duke Huan of Qi, King Yanxiang, and King Wei An (xī) as examples to illustrate that if the monarch can resolutely implement the rule of law, the country can be strong. He went on to point out: "Those who are now all ruined will have their ministers and officials in order to do chaos, but not to govern them." Its country is chaotic and weak, and they all interpret the law of the country and are private, and they are paid to fight fires, and the chaos is very weak! "Death: Weakness. Business: Engaged. Interpretation: Throw it away. Privately: Violating the law and seeking personal gain. It means that now these countries are in decline because their ministers and officials are doing things that cause chaos in the country rather than rule the country. The country has already declined, and they all abandon the law of the country to pursue personal interests, just like putting out a fire with a negative salary, and the country is even more declining.