Chapter 16 Who is benevolent and righteous?
"Benevolence and righteousness are the great way, and they should be carried out in all ages. What is benevolence and righteousness? Some say, always keep the hearts of benevolence and righteousness. The ministers are wrong. Benevolence and righteousness are the great way, and they must not be based on the wise and unfilial ones at the time, otherwise how can they be carried out in all ages? Benevolence and righteousness are the great way of governing the world, and have nothing to do with wise and unfiliality, and have nothing to do with cleverness and stupidity. It is not to want everyone to be a gentleman, nor to want scholars and officials to be a wise man, nor to want Your Majesty to be a saint. If a saint is in the world, the wise will assist him and everyone will be a gentleman, and the world can be governed greatly, so how can you use skills!"
"A gentleman is like the North Chen, and he cannot find it, and the scholars and officials are in a position of a literati. There is only the actions of a gentleman in the world, but there is no perfect gentleman. Therefore, scholars and officials discuss the truth and do not care about their hearts. They do not know that the actions of a gentleman are not enough to be ranked among the scholars and officials. The reason is clear. The sages are in power, and the wise men assist them. The world is in the world, and the world is like the North Chen, and they cannot find it. The great way is difficult to do, so the great way of governing the country should be used to ensure that the great way of the world will not be lost. The skills are used to assist the great way of the sages, and the governance of the sages is actually difficult to achieve, so they have to use it."
"All arts must have both advantages and disadvantages. Those who govern the country take one advantage and treat the current disease. Those who take this technique but not other arts will be at this time, at this time, in the country, at this time, in this county, in this county, in this place, there is no need to force the whole world to treat the current disease. In order to treat the current disease, there is no need to force the whole world to be the same. All localities should adapt to the time, and take the art of using the same method according to the local conditions, and take the art of using the same method, and the court prime minister. When Xiaogong was at the time of the Qin Dynasty, Qin used Shang Yang's art to replace the law, and Qin's laws to govern Qin and prosper. The Qin Emperor strived for the remnants of the six generations, mixed in one universe and controlled the six unions. He ruled the world, knew the art of promoting the country, but did not understand the way to adhere to the world, and used art to replace the way to follow the way, and the world followed the Qin laws. Qin's laws were used when the world was not combined, and the benefits were obvious but the disadvantages were hidden, and Qin prospered with its benefits. The world was unified, and Qin's laws were one.
The world is to govern the six countries, and the benefits are gone, and the disadvantages are revealed. Qin did not understand. The laws are difficult to implement, and tyranny and torture are against the people. The people are not able to bear it. Chen She called out and the world responded. Qin's world was destroyed after several years. It prospered in six generations and died after several years. Qin's foundation was destroyed after hundreds of years. Why? Because Shang Yang promoted Qin, his method was the art of developing the country, and it was not the way to adhere to the world. Taking advantage of its advantages and disadvantages is at that time, and it is suitable for Qin to suppress its disadvantages at that time. Times change and change, but the benefits are not flexible, and the disadvantages are revealed. Strongly guard it, carving a boat and seeking a sword. Walking in Qin, destroying the six countries and forcing the world, without knowing the power and change, and using torture to conquer the people of the six countries, forcing it, Huai Orange grows in the north and becomes Zhizhi. Therefore, it is said that the art of governing the country should be adapted to the local conditions and the times."
"Some say, should the country be governed according to local conditions, and must it be feudal? I said otherwise. The world is difficult to implement, and one law can be practiced. The law is used to control the world, and counties are subject to change with power. The Qin king is responsible for the world, and all uses half a liang of Qin, inscribes instruments and systems to carry out the weights and measures in counties, and makes calligraphy and rebukes the chaos of the six countries. These are all laws and can be practiced in all generations. The Qin king's exercises are the Qin king's failure to regulate the rules."
"Some say, those who have constant property have perseverance, and those who have no constant property are like grass. If they want to defend the world, will they have to be feudal? My memory says that's not. Feudalism turns the public to private, and only hears that they abandon public because of their own, but have not heard that they help the public because of their own, and have not heard that they help the public because of their own selfishness. When the world is facing great trouble, feudalism wants to protect their own private wealth, and they all offer their own wealth and honor, and put the world behind them. The lord divides the feudalism with the world, so that they use public tools to market private favors. When the world is in chaos, feudalism gives full wealth and honor to the world and help chaos, which is clear that there is no harm or profit."
"The benevolent, the Master said that loyalty and forgiveness is just forgiving. Mencius said that if the king treats his ministers as his hands and feet, then the minister treats his king as his heart; if the king treats his ministers as dogs and horses, then the minister treats his king as a countryman; if the king treats his ministers as earth, then the minister treats his king as an enemy. The way of loyalty and forgiveness of the king is what he calls his king? The Master said that the king sends his ministers to courtesy, and the ministers serve the king as loyal. The forgiveness of the king is to transform rituals from outside and to accept compassion in his heart. As a minister, he governs the country's affairs with the king's orders, and when the world's grievances are brought to the top, it is actually a last resort. The loyalty of the ministers does not serve the king's internally to flatter, but advises him at all times. Outside, he uses his heart to the king's affairs, deeply pity the people, and devotes his efforts to govern the world and repay the king's kindness."
"Scholars and officials are close to the county and the people, and use the local power to complete taxes. They are loyal to the people and officials. They do not harm the people because of taxes by the court, but are kind to the people and officials. Loyalty and benevolence cannot be both good, benevolence first and then loyal. Be kind first and then loyal, and know that the court governs the world with benevolence and righteousness. Being in counties and counties, manages local wealth, and can obtain money and grain, and the court is rich, and the people are peaceful and peaceful. Being in officials is loyal and benevolent, and good officials are loyal and benevolent. Those who are loyal and benevolent and be loyal and benevolent are capable. Being benevolent and serving the court with loyalty, then knowing that it is difficult to obtain capable officials, and good officials should be sought. This is called governing the world with benevolence and righteousness."
"Scholars and officials are ministers in court and officials when they go out. When they are officials in the local area, they govern the county and county. They always think that the people are not easy, distinguish their grievances and resolve their urgent problems. They are benevolence of officials. Promote academic affairs, make people learn something, be smart, and be knowledgeable about worldly affairs, and benevolence of officials. If your son has a teaching but no distinction, how can the scholars and officials not do it in counties? If they are used to treat medicine, they will get medical treatment and benevolence of officials. They will eliminate all kinds of lustful sacrifices and practice education within the governance, so that the people will not suffer from the disaster of lustful sacrifices. The benevolence of officials. If they are promoted, they will benefit the people and benevolence of officials."
"If you govern the world with benevolence and righteousness, you know that benevolence should be carried out in the court without asking for the meticulous people. Those who are benevolent in the people who follow the laws of the court are benevolent, those who pay taxes and grains are benevolent, those who serve as servants, corrupt labor, and military service are benevolent. The benevolent people can not reward them? This is the fundamental of the world. It is a good deed to provide porridge and medicine to help the roads; building bridges and roads is good deeds; digging ditches and managing canals is good deeds; promoting education and helping the weak is also good deeds. Benevolence is not to the people, and it can be seen that good deeds are not benevolent. The court should reward benevolence and encourage good deeds, and good deeds cannot be mixed with benevolence."
"Rewarding benevolence and advocating goodness is because the court governs benevolence, which is the fundamental. Good deeds actually benefit the people, and the benefits of the people are the benefits of the court, and they should be thanked. The court reaps the people in the past, and they should be given more favourable benefits. If you get a lot of profit, what is good deeds? The benevolence of the people is the foundation of the world, and the people are not kind to the court, so you should reward be kind. Rewarding benevolence should be obscured and profitable. Those who obscuring their reputation are the things that the people should do. Those who benefit are the real people of the court."
"Being kindness is like this, how is righteousness? Righteousness comes from benevolence and benevolence cannot be fulfilled. Two people are benevolence, three people are the crowd, and righteousness is among the crowd. Three are counted, and two twos are opposite and three are opposite. Those who have the benevolence of these two people may harm the benevolence of those two people, they must be taken with righteousness."
"The emperor, ministers, and people, have three things. The benevolence of the emperor and the people is more important than the benevolence of the emperor and the ministers, and this is the righteousness of the emperor. The literati and officials go out to be officials, officials, officials, and people. The benevolence of the officials and the people is more important than the benevolence of the officials and officials, and this is the righteousness of the officials. The officials and the people do not have three things, so it is said that there is no righteousness of the officials. The division of officials, officials can seek benevolence and righteousness, and officials can only be ruled by laws and regulations, which is generally based on this. The literati and officials must adhere to benevolence and righteousness in addition to the laws and regulations of the world, so officials must regulate officials. The officials are not wise but officials are treacherous, which is because the court has other constraints on the literati and officials."
"Sometimes, the emperor, the ministers, and the censors, are these three? I said, "The censors are actually the basis of laws and regulations, and they investigate their ministers based on benevolence and righteousness and systems. Without benevolence, how can they achieve righteousness? The officials and the people do not have three things, and this is the same."
"If the court, the people and the foreign countries make up three, then the benevolence of the court and the people is more important than the benevolence of the court and the foreign countries. This is the great righteousness of the court. There is a difference between the inside and the outside, and benevolence is stopped inside, so one should not seek benevolence from the foreign countries, so only righteousness is maintained to the outside world."
"The people who are easy to understand benevolence but difficult to do righteousness are because there is no absolute argument for the benevolence within the righteousness. If the people are not kind, they will be brought to justice and punished. If the people are not righteous, they cannot be generalized. If the people violate the laws of the court, some are truly sloppy and illegal, some are forced to violate the laws, some are not angry, some are governed by the law, and some are trapped by the law. Officials who are close to the people should be investigated in detail, and those who are forced to violate the laws, and those who are forced to violate the laws, and those who are forced to violate the laws, they should be governed by the law. Those who are forced to violate the laws, they should be appointed as officials according to the laws. Those who are trapped in the affairs of officials should be governed by the law. Officials who are trapped in the affairs of officials should be governed by the law and punished by the law. Officials who are trapped in the affairs of officials should be governed by the law and punished by the law. Therefore, scholars and officials should not use officials and should not rely entirely on officials. The details of officials should not be asked about the officials, but officials should be well-known."
"If the people are unrighteous, they may eat the benefits of the foreign countries, or use personal grudges to conquer the foreign countries to harm the court, then the great righteousness has been lost. For the unrighteous people, even if the court has to temporarily compromise with the foreign countries, they must punish them. This is to punish rebels. The common people are greedy for profit, conceal the court and forcefully take or steal the things of the foreign countries, causing disputes, and then lose great justice, and the court should also help the foreign countries to punish them. This is to punish evil."
"If a minor official is unrighteous, and if he uses the power of the court to harm the people for his own interests, he will be punished. If he uses the public to dominate the people and benefit the people, he will be punished even if he does not violate the law. If the people under his rule are illegal or harmful to justice, the officials will not be able to do it themselves. Even if the people who are inclusive of the people and the court are not allowed by the law, the officials should also protect them. If there are regular and strange things, they should be based on the right and the right, and distinguish the strange things, which is the position of the official."
"The unrighteousness of an official, and those who are greedy for selfishness and interests and harm the people do not need to be discussed. The emperor governs it with great righteousness. This is the right thing. It is strange. Some people who are in trouble at the bottom of their rule are not their faults. They are lewd and evil. A person has made mistakes and the family resists the law. Although the people are in a state of affairs, even if the people kill and hurt the local area, they are not officials who are in trouble. If they do not impose heavy punishments on swords and weapons, how can they treat the good people in the world? How can they achieve peace!"
"The emperor loses his righteousness and forgets the root of the world lies in the people and the world's chaos. Listen to flattery, use flattery ministers, and disregards the lives and deaths of the people with one's own joy. The emperor thinks about the people and the great righteousness is there. He is in the deep palace but does not know the sufferings of the people, and the great righteousness is lost. Taking the people as the basis, being smart, investigating the officials, and pursuing the achievements of the world's chaos is the position of the emperor."
"The righteousness of the emperor is revealed in the world. The righteousness of the prime minister is revealed in all officials. The righteousness of the officials is revealed in the clerks. The prime minister shows righteousness to the world. The lord doubts it. The officials show righteousness to the minor officials, but the people are difficult to maintain. The clerks show righteousness to the people, but the court rules are not in place. Why? Those who blame themselves and kindness to the superiors will each keep their duties and the great righteousness will remain."
"Benevolence and righteousness are there, even if the country is difficult for a while, it will not be destroyed. Therefore, it is said that the Tao is to maintain the success. Benevolence and righteousness will not be lost, and the world will not be destroyed. Benevolence and righteousness will be destroyed. Even if there is the art of resolutely regaining the sky, benevolence and righteousness will not be restored, and the world will never be saved."
"I was appointed as prime minister, to assist the king with benevolence and righteousness, to consolidate the country, to govern with small skills, and to seek achievements in governance. The great way is to maintain success, and to promote the country with small skills. I use small skills to manage the country's politics. I hope Your Majesty will be careful to observe the great way and investigate it at all times."
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