Culture of clean government

Confucius: "Save money, love others"

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       If you want to establish yourself, you will establish others, and if you want to achieve talent。Treat others as you would like to be treated。-- "The Analects of Confucius • Lord Weiling"
  Confucius, named Qiu, styled Zhongni, was a thinker and educator in the late Spring and Autumn period and the founder of the Confucian school. He was honored as "sage" and "teacher for generations".。
  Confucius grew up in a poor family and lost his father at the age of 3. His mother, Yan, brought him up。Later, he became a minor official, and his official position reached the highest level in charge of the judicial administration of Lu. After that, he traveled around the world and returned to Lu in his later years, giving lectures and teaching students and collating classics. His remarks were collected by his disciples in the Analects of Confucius。
  The essence of Confucius' thought lies in "benevolent governance" and "virtuous governance", that is, "saving money and loving people".。In "The Analects of Confucius • Narrating" recorded: "save use and love, make the people with time", concentrated reflects his thought of clean government。
  Confucius in "The Analects of Confucius • Learning and" said: "gentle, good, respectful, thrifty, let", "thrifty" as one of his life attitude。"Economizing", that is, not being extravagant, refers to the reform of luxury and frugality in life, economic economization of financial expenditure, generosity of the people, enabling the people to have time, not plundering farmers, rewarding production, etc。The economic thought of "economizing" is also the fundamental basis of governance, because extravagance will lead to the loss of wealth, and the loss of wealth will harm the people, so love the people must first economize。After saving consumption, the implementation of benevolent policies will have a rich economic foundation。"Saving money" is the premise of saving money, Confucius opposed the government's excessive oppression of the people, and asked them to "benefit the people" and "save money from the weak", so that the people can "enjoy the near, distant," and the country can "eat enough, feed the people, and trust the people."。
  Confucius said, "A gentleman should not know little and receive much, and a villain should not receive much and receive little."。Confucius pointed out that a man who is an official "is upright and does not act according to orders;His body is not right, but he will not obey."。The word "lover" is the highly concentrated thought of Confucius governing the world with virtue and clean government。"Benevolence loves people", "virtue for government", directly combines "benevolence" and "love", reflecting the thought of Confucius asking the ruler to start from himself, "the politician is also, the son Shuai is right, who dares not".。Confucius also specifically pointed out the five virtues that officials should have: first, to give benefits to the people and not greedy;The second is to enable the people to work in a proper manner without complaints;Third, implement benevolent governance;Four is calm and not arrogant;Five is dignified but not intimidating。At the same time, the four kinds of evil policies that should be abandoned are: "cruelty, violence, thieves, and petty habits."。
  Confucius' thought of "saving money and loving people" is the precious wealth of our ancient thought of clean government,This is the basic starting point of honest government in all dynasties of our country,It has greatly enriched the connotation of the thought of clean government in ancient China,As in "unjustly rich and valuable.,Like a floating cloud to me.",It has inspired many politicians to be honest and self-motivated,Resist bribery and fight corruption,It had a great impact on future generations of people。
            (Excerpted from the Cultural Collection of Clean Government in Ancient China, China Founder Publishing House, August 2009, 1st edition)



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