Explanation: This is the responsibility that the prefect should bear. How can a petty official bear it?
Source: Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's "Wisdom Tank"
Original text (excerpt): Kuang Shouzhi, the government was burned by fire, all the documents were burnt, and the one who left the fire was an official. When the fire was extinguished, Kuang Shou came out and sat on the gravel field. He called out to the officials and gave him a hundred sticks to hurt him. The first official knew that he was going to die. Kuang Shou sighed and said: "If you are a prefect, how can you be a junior official?" This is how the Duke deals with the minor officials, so he behaves with authority without any resentment. Nowadays, people are here, even if they are willing to blame others for their own sins, how could they be willing to take the punishment on behalf of others, so they are out of reach!
Translation: When Kuang Zhong was the prefect, the government The government office was burned down, and all the documents and books were burned to ashes. The person who caused the fire due to negligence was a minor official. After the fire was extinguished, Kuang Zhong went out and sat on the gravel field. He ordered someone to beat the small official a hundred times with a cane, and shouted loudly for him to return to the house. He quickly drafted the memorial himself and tried his best to pin the blame on himself, but not to implicate the minor officials.
At first, the junior official knew that he would bear the death penalty. Kuang Zhong sighed and said: "This is the responsibility that the prefect should bear. How can a junior official bear it?" Kuang Zhong reported the matter to the emperor. , was punished and confiscated Dai Lu. Kuang Zhong treated his subordinate officials in this way (responsibly), which is why he acted with dignity but was not resented by others.
If today’s people are involved in this matter, they want to pass it off to their subordinates because it was their own fault, let alone be willing to shoulder the blame on behalf of others? Kuang Zhong's character is unmatched in this regard!
Extended information
This article is excerpted from "Zhitan", the whole book is collected from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty There are more than 1,200 stories of think tanks from past dynasties, which is a history of the creation and practice of the wisdom of the Chinese people. The characters shown in the book are all using wisdom and strategy to create history. It is not only a wonderful book that reflects the ancient people's clever use of wisdom to solve problems and defeat enemies, but also a huge resource collection in the history of Chinese culture.
The book compiled by Feng Menglong pays attention to practicality. His works that recorded historical events at that time had a strong journalistic nature at the time; his tutorials on scripture interpretation were welcomed by scholars studying for the imperial examination; his imitative scripts and long novels for the common people to read Narratives, novels, plays, folk songs, jokes, etc. have a larger readership, bringing huge profits to booksellers.
This makes Feng Menglong’s editing work have certain characteristics of the publishing industry under the modern market economy. These characteristics are also fully reflected in the book "Think Tank".