Interpretation: The people are the foundation of the country, the country is fundamentally stable, and the country is peaceful, from the Song of the Five Sons in Shangshu.
Canon: "Song of the Five Sons of Shangshu"
Original: The emperor has a training, and the people can't get close. People only care about the country and the country.
Interpretation: The admonition handed down by our ancestors long ago, people are used to being close to each other, and we can't underestimate it. The people are the foundation of the country, and only with a solid foundation can the country be stable.
Wei: Wei, Wei; Country: China. Ben: Not at all.
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The phrase "people are the foundation of the country, and this is the foundation of the country" comes from the song of the five sons in Shangshu. This lyric poem is an article in which Dayu's five grandchildren recalled their ancestors' admonitions and expressed their resentment during their exile. The first sentence of the article says: "The ancestors have instructions, and the people can get close, but they can't get off. The people are the country and the country is better. "
Grandpa (Dayu) once taught us that people can be close to each other and should not be despised and rude. The people are the foundation of the country. People's hearts are stable, the throne is stable, and the world is at peace. Although this maxim is not necessarily Yu Xia's original words, it does reflect China's earliest people-oriented thought.
China's people-oriented thought has a long history, but its nature is different in different historical periods, which can be roughly divided into three types: the first type, in the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, was basically the people-oriented thought under the cover of "the theory of destiny" and belonged to the type of "destiny follows people". The rulers of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties believed that the monarchy was endowed by destiny, but destiny was subordinate to public opinion. If the ruler does not sympathize with the people's strength and does not practice moral politics, the fate will be transferred to the new monarch according to the people's will.
For example, Wu Zi Ge, Tang Shi and Tai Shi Gong in Shangshu respectively represent the people-oriented thoughts of Yu Xia, Shang Tang and Wu Zhou. Shang Tang said to the crimes in Tang Shi: "There are many crimes in Xia, and fate has doomed them. Now that there are more people, you say,' I won't sympathize with all of us in the future, but I will cut the summer.' I only heard you say that Xia is guilty. I fear God and dare not be unjust. "
Zhou Wuwang said in "The Thai Oath" against Shang Zhouwang: "Heaven takes people as its own, and heaven listens to people's words. People have got it and given it to a person. I must go today. " It is precisely because the rulers understand that the destiny obeys the people's destiny that they have the idea of matching heaven with virtue. In particular, the rulers of "Small Country Week" summed up the historical lessons of the demise of "big country merchants" and further developed the people-oriented thought in Xia and Shang Dynasties.
For example, The Biography of Shangshu Zhou Shu Cai Zhongzhi said: "God has no relatives, and virtue is the supplement. People's hearts are impermanent, but there are blessings. " Fate divides friends and relatives. He only assists wise monarchs. The human heart is impermanent to the Lord, and he belongs only to the king who loves himself. This has also become the source of the Confucian "people-oriented" thought in later generations.
Song and Lu Jiuyuan's Book with Chen: "The people are only worried about the country, but they are really worried about the country. Are they willing to frown and show no sympathy? "
Qing Xi's Biography of Awakening Marriage 17: "People only care about the country, and the country is better. Within a thousand miles of the country, you can borrow jade to eat Huang Tu, and the people can borrow it. "
Zhao Qing Zhenhuai's Rain Flower in the Sky VIII: "What a good prime minister of a dynasty, as the saying goes,' the people are the foundation of the country and the country is flat', do you hear?"
Zheng Qing Guan Ying's Dangerous Words in the Prosperous Age V: "People are the foundation of the country, and the country is used properly. The salaries of officials and the army are all from the people.
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Guangming Daily-People only care about lollipops and lollipops.