The people are prosperous and the country is strong

2022-09-09

"The people are rich and the country is strong, and the people are safe and peaceful" comes from Zhao Ye's "Wu Yue spring and Autumn Annals Volume 8: the return of Gou Jian to the outside world" in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original text is "the Lord of Yue has built his Treasury and cultivated his fields, and the people are rich and the country is strong, and the people are safe and peaceful". In other words, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, took various measures to make the national treasury full and the people cultivated with peace of mind. Finally, he realized the prosperity of the people, the strength of the country, social peace and the peace of the world. Only when the people are rich can the country be strong. "If the people have property, the country will be rich.". Although there were differences in political views among the scholars of the pre Qin Dynasty, they were very consistent on the issue of "making the people rich". For example, Confucius said, "the most urgent thing is to make the people rich and live long." The Mohist school, which is opposite to Confucianism, also emphasizes "the people are rich and the country is governed" on this issue. Guan Zi, as a representative of Legalists, directly expressed the view that "any way of governing the country must first enrich the people". After that, many thinkers put forward their own opinions on how to "enrich the people and strengthen the country". For example, Sima Guang in the Northern Song Dynasty emphasized that the goal of "enriching the people and strengthening the country" should be realized through the leniency of the people, the strength of supporting the people and the family of the people. Wei Zhaode, a minister in the LiZong period of the Southern Song Dynasty, inherited Cheng Yi's thought of "supporting the people's livelihood" in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Yangming, a thinker in the Ming Dynasty, put forward the suggestion that "if you want to live a long life in the country, you must pay attention to the people's livelihood". Wang Yangming, a thinker in the Ming Dynasty, emphasized that through the practice of "good governance", you can realize that "what our people want is what they want", because the symbol of "good governance" is to enrich the people, and the essence is to "care for the people's livelihood". It can be seen that "people's wealth" has become the gene and essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Only when the people become rich can the society enter a healthy and harmonious state, maintain long-term and stable development, and it is easier to form civilized social customs. These are the basis and prerequisite for achieving national strength. "The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the country is peaceful" is the way of governing the country in Chinese traditional culture. It can be seen from China's thousands of years of development history that the period of national prosperity and people's security was all the result of the full implementation of "people's wealth", as far as the "rule of literature and scenery" in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, as far as the "rule of Zhenguan" in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, as close as the "rule of benevolence and publicity" in the early years of the Ming Dynasty and the "prosperity of Kang and Qian" in the early years of the Qing Dynasty. All of them put "people's wealth" in the first place, realized national strength through people's wealth, and thus achieved social harmony and stability. Just as Jia Yi, a statesman in the early Han Dynasty, said, "I have never heard of a person whose people are insufficient but can be cured since ancient times." A large number of historical facts have fully proved that for a country, whether it is the peace and elegance of the people's life or the peace and tranquility of the social atmosphere, it needs to be based on the realization of the people's wealth. The reason why Guan Zi in the spring and Autumn period made the judgment that "governing the country is often rich, but chaotic countries are often poor" is based on his in-depth understanding of the meaning of "people are rich". "The people are rich and the country is strong" is the premise and foundation of "the people are safe and peaceful." the people are safe and peaceful "is the positive manifestation of" the people are rich and the country is strong. "The two are complementary

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