"The mountain does not leave the soil, so it can become high; The sea does not hesitate to water, so it can become deep! " What does this sentence mean?

"The mountain does not leave the soil, so it can become high; The sea does not hesitate to water, so it can become deep! " The meaning of this sentence is "mountains do not exclude earth and stone, so they can become mountains;" The sea does not repel water, so it can become the sea! "

Source of works

"The mountain never leaves the soil, so it can become high;" The sea doesn't care about water, so it can become deep "comes from Guanzi Situation Solution, an essay written by Guan Zhong, a strategist in the Spring and Autumn Period.

original work

The sea doesn't care about water, so it can become big; Mountains don't care about earth and stone, so they can be high; A master never tires of others, so he can become a crowd; Scholars never tire of learning, so they can become saints. Jealous people are evil in many ways. The admonisher, so the Lord is safe; Eat, so the body is fat. The Lord is evil and remonstrated, and people are not fat after eating. So as the saying goes, "People who eat are not fat."

Translation of works

The sea does not repel water, so it can become the sea; Mountains do not exclude earth and stone, so they can become mountains; Mingjun does not hate the people, so he can achieve a large population; Scholars don't hate learning, so they can become saints. People are anorexic, but they are too picky about food. The courtiers made suggestions to reassure the monarch; People eat to keep fit. The monarch is afraid of being remonstrated, and the throne is unstable; People are not fat when choosing food. So: "Anorexia people will not be obese."

Creation background

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the influence of the King of Zhou weakened, and the princes clashed with each other. Qi Huangong, Jin Wengong, Song Xianggong, Qin Mugong, and Chu Zhuangwang successively dominated, and were known as the Five Overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period (another way of saying it is that the Five Overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period were Qi Huangong, Jin Wengong, Chu Zhuangwang, Prince Helu, and Gou Jian, King of Yue).

Guanzi Situation Solution was formed under this background. It summed up Guan Zi's thoughts and experiences in governing the country, absorbed the thoughts and experiences of hundreds of schools, and put forward the policy of benefiting the people, attaching importance to social assistance and maintaining social peace.

works appreciation

Guan Zi Shi Jie is a collection of works of Guan Zhong, the Xia Ji Guan Zi School, which is highly praised by Taoism in Xia Ji. It is listed as a Taoist category in History of Han Dynasty and a Legalist category in Annals of Classics by Sui Shu. Sikuquanshu listed it as a sub-legalist. This book is large in length, complex in content and rich in ideas. It is an important classic to study China's academic and cultural thoughts in ancient times, especially in the pre-Qin period.

Brief introduction of the author

Guan Zhong (765438 BC+09 BC-645 BC), surnamed Ji, Guan Shi, Ming Yi Wu, Zhong Zi, Ming Shi Jing, originally named Guan Zi, Wu Guan, Huaxia Yingshang (now Yingshang County, Anhui Province), is a descendant. He was a famous strategist, politician, economist and reformer in ancient China. Guan Zhong's works, now called Guanzi, cover all kinds of academics, and are the source of many academic thoughts such as Taoism, Confucianism, famous artists, legalists, peasants, military strategists, yin and yang scholars and so on.