Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, never took bribes or asked the local government for valuables during his tenure as the assassination envoy in Hangzhou. When he left his post and returned to his hometown, he found two delicate and lovely stones in the box, so he wrote a poem and regretted it.
Three years is like a thorn, drinking water and eating leaves.
Only go to Tianzhu Mountain to get two stones.
It's worth a thousand dollars, and nothing hurts the innocent.
Lin Zhen, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "Cold Spring Pavilion", which is characterized by the meaning of spring: "Qing poetry can refresh the spleen, and it will be comfortable in cold and warm years. Singing and dancing flows out of the West Lake, unlike going back to the mountains. " This poem says that spring water flows out of the mountain to the West Lake, floating on boats and painting, stained with powder, dirt and grease, which means that people should pay attention to lead an honest and clean life, do not do things they shouldn't do, and don't pursue undue wealth.
There is also the poem "Going to Beijing" by Yu Qian, a famous politician in the Ming Dynasty, which is anti-bribery: "Silk covered mushrooms are fragrant and harmful to the people." The wind is clear and the gas is positive, and the sleeves are blue, so don't make a short comment. His "mountains are hammered, and the fire burns casually." There is also a famous saying "Don't hesitate to die, stay innocent in the world".
In the fifth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1430), Kuang Zhong released the Suzhou magistrate from Beijing. After taking office, he punished corrupt officials, rehabilitated unjust imprisonment, built schools, built water conservancy projects, distributed relief food, and cared about the sufferings of the people of Lebanon, which was called "the situation is clear" by the people of Suzhou and Hangzhou. After five years of orthodoxy (A.D. 1440), he returned to Beijing at the end of his term. Before he left, he wrote a poem to bid farewell to the people of Suzhou, which reflected his openness and openness in front of the people.
Pick up some bags and go into battle lightly.
How many miles does Beijing look like?
Stop flogging and treat it as a formal day.
Everything can last forever.
Hu Shouan, the magistrate of Xinyang in Ming Dynasty, was very self-disciplined, and thought that it was harmful for officials to seek a penny outside their salaries. Ren Man's Poem of the Town God is a major feature of his thought;
An official has been here several times,
Heaven pays off, which is worthwhile.
Shinto and gods should know me,
When I went, I seemed very poor.
Zheng Banqiao was a scholar in Kangxi, a scholar in Yongzheng, a famous poet, poet, painter and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty. When he was a magistrate of a county in Wei County, Shandong Province, he was an honest official, cared about the sufferings of the people, and was deeply loved by the people, as evidenced by poems:
Yazhai lay listening to the novel,
Doubt is the voice of human suffering.
Some small officials in Caozhou County,
A branch and a leaf are always related to love.
According to legend, Wu Yinzhi of Jin Dynasty passed through Shimen when he was a secretariat in Guangzhou. He heard that there was a "greedy spring" here, which was quite effective. The locals say that no matter how clean people are, as long as they drink this water, they will become greedy. Wu went to the spring to drink water instead of going to work. After that, he wrote a poem:
When the ancients came to this water, they thought of their daughters.
Try to drink this water, and then don't change your clean heart.
In the fourth year of Qing Daoguang (AD 1824), Cai, a good man from Hunan, was the magistrate in Pucheng, Shaanxi. He is honest and clean, respects teachers and loves the people, and is diligent and official. When leaving office, they stopped the way to retain, and the magistrate Cai was greatly moved and lyrical:
Return to Jiangnan in a canoe,
There is no cotton in Guanzhong.
Looking back, Li Qun finally felt guilty.
Farewell to Changting, gloomy and gloomy.
China has attached great importance to honesty since ancient times, which is very important to the future industry. Be a model of honest and upright officials and promote Bao Gong. On his 60th birthday, Bao Zheng, the minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, repeatedly told his family not to accept gifts. Unexpectedly, the first person to send a birthday present was the current emperor. The emperor's kindness is mighty, and the eunuch is also clever. There is a poem attached: "A virtuous person cares for his family, like Wei Zhi day and night. Today, the emperor gave a gift, but he refused unreasonably. " This army put the old Bao Gong in a dilemma. If it doesn't accept gifts, it will lose face to the emperor, and if it does, it will break its own rules.
Come on, I'd rather offend the emperor than make an exception! Bao Gong, who is quick-witted and sensitive, also dipped in ink and wrote poems to express his feelings, refusing gifts with poems: "Being unselfish and loyal is the most taboo for an official. Hard work is an internal matter, and refusing to be polite is a clean and honest style. "
Etymologically, the word "honesty" is interpreted as "fairness and non-corruption". There is a saying in Wang Chong's Lun Heng in the Han Dynasty that "the minister who made up the case in the past looked at the innocent person". Cihai is interpreted as "clean and innocent". Qu Yuan's "Songs of the South" contains a poem of "uniting the young and being clean". Wang Yi commented that it was "not cheap and not clean". During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lujiang was a satrap and had his own brilliant ideas about political integrity. He hung the fresh fish bribed by his subordinates under the eaves of the lobby and dried it in a few days. Then someone gave him fresh fish. He pointed to the dried fish and said to the visitor, "Do you still want me to hang the fish?" The fish delivery man had to leave angrily. Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty appreciated the persistence of sheep, refused to corrode and never touched them. He wrote a poem praising: "It is better to have no guests in front of Xisheng than to hang fish under the kitchen. The breeze sleeps in the south window and reads some books at the bedside. "
Yu Qian is also a famous person who values innocence in history. His masterpiece "Ode to a Lime" is a swan song. He used to be the governor of Henan. Before he went to Beijing, his friends suggested that he bring some native products of Henan, such as mushrooms and incense, to facilitate his work. Yu Qian raised his sleeves and smiled: "It's enough to have a breeze!" To this end, he wrote the famous poem "Going to Beijing": "The fragrant mushroom of silk cover harms the people. The wind and the sleeves are covered with blue sky, so as not to talk short. "
When we read these incorruptible poems, we feel awe of the ancient honest officials. (Wang) According to
Time: Tang and Five Dynasties
Author: Zhang Ji
Works: Ode to Women
Content:
You know I have a husband and you want to give me a pair of pearls.
Affection is lingering, and it is tied to a red mattress.
My tall building rises from the garden, and my lover holds a halberd in the bright light.
Knowing that your heart is like a bright moon, your husband vows to live and die together.
Return your double beads, my eyes are full of tears, and I regret not meeting you before I got married.
Translation:
You know I have a husband, and you sent me two pearls to seduce me.
But for your sincerity, hang it on your skirt first.
My family is not poor. Now that I have bought a villa, my husband also works in the public security system.
I know you like me very much, but I swore to my husband and got the certificate.
I really don't want to return your beads, but I only blame you for starting too late.
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Li Shidao, one of the buffer regions at that time, was our ambassador from Pinglu to Ziqing, and was also named as an ordinary proofreader and an ordinary calligrapher, with great potential. During the mid-Tang Dynasty, the vassals separated themselves and colluded with scholars and central officials by various means. However, some disgruntled literati and officials tend to attach themselves to them. Han Yu once wrote a preface to See Dong Shaonan to dissuade them. Zhang Ji is a great disciple of the poor family. He advocates reunification and opposes the separatist regime of the buffer region, just like his teacher. This poem is a masterpiece written to refuse Li Shidao's seduction. Use metaphors throughout to show your attitude euphemistically. On the surface, it is a poem about men and women, but in essence it is a political poem entitled "Ode to Women", that is, to express one's aspirations.
Zhou Dunyi —— On Ailian
There is no dye in the mud, and there is no demon in the green ripple.
A thousand hammers cut mountains and burn us. Don't be afraid of being smashed to pieces, leaving innocence in the world.
I don't know if this will work.