Mi Zibian manages a single father. If you meet him, you say, "Why have you lost weight?" Lu Ji said, "Your Majesty doesn't know that I have both ability and political integrity, so he sent me to govern my single father. I am busy with government affairs, and my heart is sad, so I am thin. " If you say, "Shun used to play banjo and sing the poem" South Wind ",the world would be peaceful. Now, in such a small place as a single father, we have to worry about governance. What should we do to govern the world? Therefore, there is a way to govern the country, that is, sitting in the court at leisure like a girl, which is not harmful to governing the country; There is no way to govern the country, even if you are tired and thin, there is still no benefit. "
King Chu said to Tianjiu, "Mozi is a famous scholar. It is good for him to practice in person. He talks a lot, but he doesn't sound good. Why? " Wu Tian said, "Once upon a time, the monarch of the State of Qin married his daughter to the son of the State of Jin and asked the State of Jin to prepare decorations for her daughter. He was accompanied by 70 well-dressed women. In the State of Jin, people in the State of Jin like to marry concubines, but they despise Qin Jun's daughter. This can be called being good at marrying women, but not good at marrying women. In the state of Chu, there was a man selling pearls in Zheng. He made a box out of Mulan, smoked it with spices, decorated it with pearls and jade, decorated it with roses and connected it with jade. Zheng bought his box, but returned the beads to him. This can be called being good at selling boxes instead of pearls. Nowadays, the speech in the society is all rhetoric, and the monarch only looks at literary talent, whether it is useful or not. Mozi's theory, spreading the teachings of the former king and clarifying the words of the saints, is hoped to be widely known. If he modifies the diction, he is worried that people will pay attention to literary talent and forget its intrinsic value, which will lead to the consequences of damaging practicality because of the diction. This is the same thing as Chu people selling pearls and Qin Jun marrying his daughter, so Mozi talks a lot, but it's not nice. "
When the King of Song fought against the State of Qi, he built a palace for military commanders. When singing, the walkers stop to watch, and the builders don't feel tired. Hearing this, the King of Song summoned Gui and rewarded him. I replied, "My teacher shoots songs and sings better than me." Wang Song called him to sing, but the walkers kept walking, and the builder felt tired. Wang Song said, "People who walk keep walking, and people in Gai Lou feel tired. The marksmanship is not as good as yours. Why? " You replied, "Your Majesty can check the efficacy of both of us." When you sang, the builder only built four boards. When you filmed, you built eight boards. Check the firmness of the wall again. When singing, the wall you built can hit five inches, but when shooting, the wall you built can only hit two inches.
Good medicine tastes bitter, but a wise man should try to drink it, because he knows that drinking it can cure the disease. Advice is terrible, but a wise monarch is willing to listen because he knows he can succeed from it.