Analects

Chapter 20 No.20
20.1
Yao said: "Consultation! Er Shun! The calendar of heaven is in your hands. Allow me to hold it. The world is poor and poor, and heaven's wealth will never end." Shun also ordered Yu.Said: "I am a kid, dare to use Xuan Mu, and dare to tell the emperor that if you are guilty, you will not be pardoned. The emperor and ministers are not concealed, and the simplicity is in the emperor's heart. I am guilty, and there is no way to do it; if all parties are guilty, the crime lies in it." I bow." Zhou Youdalai, good people are rich. "Although there are close relatives, it is not as good as benevolent people. If the common people have faults, they should be given to one person." Respecting the power, judging the law, revising and abolishing officials, the four directions of government.Prosper and destroy the country, inherit the peerless world, raise the Yi people, and the people of the world will return to their hearts.Emphasis: people, food, funeral, sacrifice.If you are lenient, you will win the people; if you are trustworthy, the people will be responsible; if you are sensitive, you will make merit;

20.2
Zizhang asked Confucius, "How can you be in politics?" Zizhang said: "Respect the five beauties and reject the four evils, so you can be in politics." Zizhang said: "What are the five beauties?" Zizhang said: "A gentleman benefits you No expense, labor without complaint, desire without greed, prosperity without arrogance, prestige without fierceness." Zi Zhang said, "What do you mean by benefit without cost?" It is also beneficial and not costly! Who can complain if you choose what you can work and work hard? If you want benevolence and get benevolence, how can you be greedy? Straighten their clothes and crowns, respect their gaze, as if people look at them and fear them, it is not so majestic but not fierce!" Zi Zhang said, "What are the four evils?" Zi Zhang said, "Killing without teaching is called abuse; not restraining Treating it as a crime is called violence; delaying orders and delays is called a thief; just like dealing with others, the stinginess of a cashier is called a boss."

20.3
Confucius said: "If you don't know fate, you can't be a gentleman. If you don't know ritual, you can't stand up. If you don't know words, you can't know people."

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