The method of water control should not be one-sided, limited by anecdotes and credulous. The land is high and low, the current is urgent, the water is shallow and deep, and there is right and wrong. If you don't consult endlessly, you have to bend over the mountains and work hard. In the past, the sea was loyal to the river, and the robe was taken slowly.
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The way to control water should not be stubborn, inflexible, inflexible, and do not believe what others say at will. The reason is that the terrain is high and low, the water is slow and fast, the pond is shallow and deep, and the river is curved and straight. Without observation and measurement, you can't (just) understand its real situation, and you can't (just) fully understand its situation. Therefore, if you work hard yourself, you are not afraid of hardship. In the past, when Harry was managing rivers, he wore light clothes, braved the wind and rain, shuttled back and forth between abandoned villages and raging water, personally distributed money and food to workers and people, and never deducted a penny. The accompanying attendants never extorted a penny. Only in this way can things be done. If you love comfort and are afraid of sheen,
Work hard, pay attention to self-interest and forget public welfare, stay away from suspicion and avoid complaining, then things will not be done and water conservancy will not be done.
The general idea of this paragraph is:
In the first paragraph, I put forward the argument ① the method of water control. I believe in people's words and meanings: I explain the phenomenon that water control should be prevented. ② There are different levels of land cover. I don't want to be exhausted. I discuss the reason that "water control must rely on hands-on" ③ We must win. I have come to a conclusion. In the second paragraph, I take Hai Zhongjie (Hai Rui) as an example to illustrate that water control should not only be done, but also be clean.