Excerpted from Yan Zhaowang Recruiting Talents and Recruiting Scholars, and selected from the Warring States Period anonymous Warring States Policy.
Original text:
After breaking Yan, he acceded to the throne, posing as a thick coin and recruiting talents. Guo Kun said, "The attack on Yan was due to the chaos in the lonely country. I know too little about Yan Xiaoli to report. However, the wise and the * * * countries are ashamed of the Snow King, which is a lonely wish. Sir, if you can, you can do it yourself. " Guo Kui said: "If Wang wants to learn, he should start with Kui. Seeing things and seeing things, the situation is better than people, how far! " Go to Wei, Zou Yan to Qi, play Xin to Zhao, and scholars compete for Yan. The prince hanged himself and asked the orphans to share joys and sorrows with the people.
Translation:
Yan acceded to the throne after being defeated by Qi. He was polite and prepared generous rewards to recruit talented people. He said to Minister Guo Kun: "Qi took advantage of the turmoil in our country and raided and defeated our country. I know that Yan is too small and weak to take revenge. But I hope that talents can manage the country with me and avenge my late king. Mr. Wang looks like that, please help me. "
Guo Kun said: "If the King really wants to recruit talents, he should start by respecting me. People with low talent like me are treated with courtesy, not to mention people with talent than me. " How can they not come to you because they are far away from Yan? Since then, Wei You, Qi You, Zou Yan, and Zhao Youxin have a lot of talents. Zhao Haoqi paid homage to the dead in China, sympathized with the living and shared joys and sorrows with the people.
Extended data
"Warring States Policy" is a compilation of historical works, the author is unknown, and it is not a one-time work. The materials contained in it, mainly from the Warring States period, including the works of counselors and Mitchell's records, were compiled into books after the reunification of Qin Dynasty. The original title of the book is unknown, and it was named Warring States Policy after being collated by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty.
According to the historical records of the Warring States period, it reflects some political, military, diplomatic activities and social features of various countries during the Warring States period. A total of 33 articles are described by country, including one in Eastern Zhou, one in Western Zhou, five in Qin, six in Qi, four in Chu, four in Wei, three in Han, three in Yan, one in Song and Wei and one in Zhongshan.
Chronicle from the Spring and Autumn Period to the unification of Qin Dynasty. Focusing on the lobbying activities of counselors, it reflects the political and diplomatic situation of various countries in this period. The whole book has no systematic and complete style, and it is all independent articles.
The Warring States Policy is good at explaining things clearly, using a lot of fables and metaphors, with vivid language and rich literary talent. Although the historical facts and rhetoric recorded in the book cannot be fully believed, they are still important historical materials for studying the warring States society.
This book reflects the social outlook of the Warring States period, when the intellectual spirit was not only a historical work, but also a very good historical prose. As a historical material reflecting the history of the Warring States, it objectively recorded some major historical events at that time and was a vivid portrayal of the history of the Warring States. It recorded in detail the speeches and deeds of strategists at that time, showed their mental outlook and ideological talents, and also recorded the lifestyles of some brave people.
Its literary achievements are also outstanding. In the history of China literature, it marks a new period in the development of China's ancient prose, with outstanding literariness, especially in characterization, the use of language and writing, fables and so on.
Its ideological content is complex, which mainly reflects the ideological tendency of strategists, but also reflects the historical characteristics of active thinking and cultural diversity in the Warring States period. The political view of the Warring States Policy is relatively progressive, and the most prominent thing is to attach importance to the political thought of talents.
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