"Zhao Pu, a generation of lords, also went to the east and the west to fight, all unsatisfactory, seeking what he learned, and there was no spare work outside the "Analects". ”
This sentence comes from "Confucian Officials", which refers to Zhao Pu, a famous minister in the early Song Dynasty, who studied books other than "Analects". In addition, there is a small note under this paragraph, which reads: "Zhao Pu said: "Twenty articles of the Analects, I set the world with half of Zuo Taizu."
As a result, people circulated a saying that Zhao Pu relied on "half of the Analects to rule the world".
The allusion of "Half of the Analects to Rule the World" also comes from this.
It can be seen that "The Analects" is a compulsory course for leading cadres.
For more than 2,000 years, the Analects has been a classic textbook in political science for both the incumbent and the incumbent to learn the theories and methods of governing the country.
Later, the Analects was used as a textbook for ordinary students. In order to restore the original function of the Analects, Wu Tianming, a professor at the School of Liberal Arts of Wuhan University, has written this "New Interpretation of the Analects," which is specially designed for today's leading cadres to study and manage the country, industries, enterprises, and institutions.
The Analects mainly includes quotations from Confucius Education ** and Princes, Princes, Doctors, and others.
What can you learn from being a leading cadre?
Zi said: "For the sake of politics and morality, such as Beichen, live in its place and all the stars are together." ”
Confucius believed that the princes should govern the country by virtue, so that they can be like the North Star, in the center, and everyone revolves around it.
As the saying goes: Convincing people with reason can make people happy and convinced, and make the country strong. Convincing people with virtue can lead to self-cultivation and family governance, and the world can be leveled.
Zi said: "Gou Zhi is benevolent, and there is no evil." ”
In this chapter, Confucius encouraged the gentleman to strive to practice the ideal of benevolent government, regardless of success or failure. As long as you have the ambition to practice benevolent governance, there is nothing wrong with success or not.
Confucius said: "If you don't know your fate, you can't be a gentleman; If you don't know how to be polite, you can't stand up; I don't know words, I don't know people. ”
This chapter is mainly about Confucius's teaching of being an official and governing the country. If you don't know how to be an official, you can't be an official; If you don't know how to discern the words of others, you can't know talents.
Youzi said: "The use of etiquette, harmony is precious." The way of the first king, Si is beautiful, and the small is big. If you can't do it, you can make peace with it, and if you don't use etiquette, it can't do it. ”
This chapter uses the "way of the ancestors" to argue that the role of "rites" is "harmony", which shows that officials need to use etiquette to control their words and deeds.
Youzi said: "Faith is close to righteousness, and words can be repeated; Courtesy is close to courtesy, far from shame; Because he does not lose his relatives, he can also be a sect. ”
This chapter is a few issues that you should pay attention to in educating your sons: speak in accordance with morality, treat others with humility and etiquette.
In order to facilitate the reading and study of today's leading cadres, in addition to the original text, annotations and translations, this book has added an additional "topic and brief analysis", which can give us a clearer understanding of Confucius's thoughts, the background of Confucius's times, and why Confucius and ** said this.
If you want to become an excellent leading cadre, you might as well start with this "New Interpretation of the Analects"!