Preface of Xue Cunyi
Liu Zongyuan in Tang Dynasty
Hedong Xue Cunyi can cook, and Liu Zi will put the meat in a bowl, put the wine in a bowl, chase it to the river and eat it. Jesus said to him, "Everyone who works in the field knows his duty. The battle to build the people is not just to serve the people. All the people who eat in the soil will collect the bill for any servant, so the company will be even with me. Today, I am subject to it, and everyone in the world is lazy. Did you just idle it and steal it? If you let a servant stay at home, if you receive value, neglect things and steal goods, you will be very angry and punished. Today, there are many kinds of such things, and the people dare not get angry or punish them. What a pity! The situation is different. The potential is different and the reason is the same, like my people? Reasonable people will not be afraid! "
Shouyi and fake leave have made Lingling two years old. Do early and think late, work hard and work hard; The parties are equal, the giver is equal, and the old and the weak have no enemies. Walking straight is not empty, it is fear and fear.
I am humble and humiliated, so I can't say that I have a quiet and bright performance appraisal; Because of it, it is very important to reward wine and meat with words.
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Xue Cunyi from Hedong is about to leave. I'm going to put the meat on a plate, fill the glass with wine, chase it to the river, invite him to drink and eat, and tell him, "Do you know the duties of local officials?" (They) are public servants of the people, not for them. Everyone who lives on the land pays one-tenth of the income from the land to hire officials, so that officials can uphold justice for themselves. Now their own officials accept the salaries of ordinary people but don't work hard for them. They are everywhere in the world. What is not serious? But also corruption, extortion and other acts. If you hire a worker at home, accept your reward, don't work hard for you, and steal your property, then you will be angry, drive him away and punish him. Now most officials are like this, but ordinary people dare not vent their anger or punish them. Why? Things are different. Different status, the same reason, what should we do to our people? There are sensible people, can you not be afraid of awe? "
Xue Cunyi has been acting as the agent of Lingling County for two years. Get up early for work every day and still think about problems at night. I worked hard and put a lot of effort into it. People who go to court are treated fairly. Taxpayers are balanced and reasonable. There is no infighting or exposed hatred among the young and old. His behavior didn't take his salary for nothing. He knows that fear and awe are unmistakable.
I am very low, and I have been demoted. Can't participate in official comments. Therefore, when you leave, add these words to the wine and meat.
To annotate ...
(1) Hedong: Yongji County, Shanxi Province.
(2) can walk: can walk (Lingling).
(3) Liu Zi: The author Liu Zongyuan claimed to be.
4 put the meat in a jar (zǔ): put the meat in a vessel. Load: bear. Ji: an ancient vessel for holding meat.
(5) shāng: Fill the glass with wine. Chong: Man, man, it is used as a verb here.
(6) Huhu (hǔ): the water.
(7) Drink (yìn) Eat (sì): Invite him to drink and invite him to dinner. Give ... food and drink.
(8) Any local official: any local official. Official, official, used as a verb.
(9) If you know their duties: Do you know their duties? If: you. Its: refers to "the official in the soil."
(10) People's service: public servants of the people. Servant, servant, as noun
(1 1) Soldiers: enslave the people and drive them away. Slavery: Slavery, used as a verb.
(12) Anyone who eats anything in the soil is all who lives on the ground. The attributive "people who eat dirt" is put behind, and the central word is "people".
(13) Give his eleven servants to officials: Give one tenth of his income to hiring officials. It means: the people pay taxes to the government, and the salaries of officials are paid out of taxes.
(14) Let the company get even with me: Let officials do things for our people. Secretary: Official. Ping: Governance. Me: I mean "people" and people.
(15) I was under its direct command: I (officials) accepted their (people's) remuneration. Me: I mean "official". Straight: The same as "value" refers to the salary of officials.
(16) Idle workers: people who don't work for them seriously. Laziness: Laziness. Neglect. It refers to the people.
(17) It's not just laziness: it's not just negligence. Wei: Only. Wisdom: refers to "things", that is, "people's things."
(18) steal it; Stealing people's money, theft: refers to corruption and extortion. Refers to people.
(19) Let the servant stay at home: If you hire a servant at home. Shi Xiang: If.
(20) Punishment: punishment and dismissal. As far as officials are concerned, it means demotion or dismissal. Here refers to the master and servant, which can be interpreted as "expulsion"
(2 1) 4: Break out and show off.
(22) The situation is different: the relationship between the government and the people is different from the relationship between master and servant. The people have no way to punish officials.
Like my people: What can I do for the people? For example, classical Chinese has a fixed format. How about ...
(24) A reasonable person: a sensible person.
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This is a political paper with a preface. In view of the social situation that corrupt officials were all over the world and class contradictions were increasing in the middle Tang Dynasty, the author put forward the progressive view of "officials for the people". He believes that people and officials should be employed and employed, masters and slaves. Officials must "go out early and return late, be diligent and work hard" in order to achieve "fairness in litigation and fairness". If officials are passive, even corrupt, accept bribes and practice favoritism, the people have the right to punish and dismiss them as incompetent slaves. Although this kind of political ideal is an unattainable subjective imagination in the feudal society under the dictatorship of the landlord class, it reflects the people's strong desire and is a precious material in the history of political thought development. The article begins with farewell, ends with farewell, and discusses the management of officialdom with farewell in the middle, echoing from beginning to end and closely following the title. The metaphor of "serving the officials for the people" is reasonable and has excellent opinions.