Aigong asked Confucius, "How can I be a common people who support me?"

Confucius replied: "Let the upright people manage the evil people, and the people will support you;" Elect evil people to manage honest people, and ordinary people will not support you. "

This sentence comes from Zuo Zhuan in the Spring and Autumn Period. Lu Aigong asked about politics, and politics is about choosing sages. Confucius' answer pointed out that Lu Aigong was in conflict with Sanhuan, pointedly pointed out that he had lost his official position and government, abandoned his virtue and allowed Sanhuan to monopolize power, and the criticism was very obvious.

At the same time, Confucius also hoped that he could exhort, mourn the public and praise the sages for serving the people. Proper and improper use of personnel is related to the national chaos control and the rise and fall of the world. This is a sad sentence, and managers should be reminded.

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Dialogue between Confucius and Lu Aigong

In this dialogue, there is also a dialogue that still has warning significance to the world. Lu Aigong was also superstitious about Feng Shui, so he asked for advice from great scholars, hoping to help him get lost. So Lu Aigong asked the sage Confucius, "I heard that it is unlucky to expand the house eastward. Is this really the case? "

Confucius said, "There are five unknowns in the world, and the eastward expansion of houses is not one of them. The harm to others and the benefit to oneself will lead to the unknown over time, which is an ominous sign of a person's failure in life.

Give up supporting the elderly, don't care about the elderly, don't take care of the elderly, but put all the care on the children. Over time, this family will lead to unknown things, and the family business will not flourish. Decline is inevitable. This is a bad omen for a family.

Some people compare a family to a big tree. Children are fruits, parents are trunks, and grandparents are roots. They always water and fertilize the fruits and transport nutrients, regardless of watering and fertilizing the roots. The purpose of the trunk is unattainable. "

Confucius went on to say: "Abandoning talents and appointing traitors and villains will lead to the unknown and even the country's demise over time, which is an ominous sign for a country."

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