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Author: [Song] Sima Guang
The ancients remonstrated with no officials, and no one could remonstrate with officials or doctors as for industry and commerce. Since the Han Dynasty, officials have been appointed. The husband rules the world, and the people of the four seas are defeated. Excerpted from an official's words, responsibility is also very important! If you are an official, you will always be ambitious, give up details, hurry first and then slow down, and patent the country instead of looking for it yourself. What's the difference between those who rely on fame and those who rely on profit?
At the beginning of the jubilee, Shinzong ordered six remonstrators to perform their duties. In the celebration calendar (3), Qian Jun began to write a book, whose name is in version (4), and light may be long and diffuse. Jiayou eight years, carved stone. Later generations will discuss it with reference to its name: "Some are loyal, some are treacherous, some are straight, and some are crooked." Oh! Don't be afraid!
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(1) remonstrance officer: founded in the Western Han Dynasty, it is called remonstrance officer. In the early Song Dynasty, the admonishers were called left and right admonishers. When the true Sect was incorporated into the suggestion court, the left and right doctors were the main officials, with a total of six officials.
(2) Tianxi: the year number of Song Zhenzong.
(3) Celebration calendar: Song Renzong year number, from 10 17 to 102 1.
(4): It may refer to money, the right word of the fourth year of Qing Dynasty (1044), working in the suggestion institute.
(5) Jiayou: The last year of Song Renzong, from 1056 to 1063.
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In ancient times, there were no specially established officials to remonstrate. From officials or doctors to ordinary people in industry and commerce, there is no one who can't protest. Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, an admonition officer has been set up. It is a heavy responsibility to concentrate all the political affairs in the world, the people in all corners of the country, the advantages and disadvantages of governing the country, and let him put forward his own opinions one by one. The person appointed as this official should firmly remember the major events and abandon the minor ones. We should protest those urgent problems first, and then protest those less urgent problems; We should devote ourselves to the interests of the country, not ourselves. People who are keen on fame and profit are actually the same as those who are keen on profit. How far are these two kinds of people from the duty of remonstrating officials?
In the early days of Tianxi, Zhenzong issued a letter, set up six remonstrances, and defined his responsibilities. In the Qing Dynasty, Qian Jun began to write down the names of admonishers on the blackboard. I'm afraid it will be erased after a long time. In the eighth year of Jiayou, I carved the name of the remonstrator on a stone. Later generations will point to their names and talk about them one by one, saying, "So-and-so loyalty, so-and-so treachery, so-and-so honesty, so-and-so evil." Ah, can this not be scary? (Ding Ruming)
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This paper shows that the author dares to speak frankly and does not flatter; Loyalty and condemnation of traitors, not for personal gain. In the inscription of the admonition court, he asked to be an admonition officer "to be ambitious and meticulous, and to be anxious first and then slow down;" Patent country, not for personal gain. People who pursue fame are still eager for profit. What a difference! " He once said that nothing he has done in his life can't be told to others. His integrity and frugality have always been praised by the public.
Brief introduction of the author
Sima Guang (10 19- 1086), whose real name is Junshi, was born in Sushui, Xia County, Shaanxi Province (now Shanxi Province), and was known as Mr. Sushui in the world. Baoyuan entered the Jinshi in the second year, and the official was the left servant and assistant minister. To a surname, Wen Guogong, and history. He was a famous historian in the Northern Song Dynasty, and presided over the compilation of the large-scale chronological general history Zi Tong Zhi Jian. He is the author of Sima Zheng Wen Gong Ji and so on. There are only three words left.