The first sentence of an article in Sima Guang's "Learning from each other" is Chen Guang: Husband, which chapter is this?

From Zhou Ji, Volume II, selected from Zi Tong Zhi Jian edited by Sima Guang in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Original text:

Minister of light said: a man who believes in his husband is a great wealth for a man. The country is protected by the people and the people are protected by trust. It is impossible for the people to believe and defend the country. Therefore, the king of ancient times did not bully the four seas, the king did not bully his neighbors, the people did not bully for the good of the country, and the relatives did not bully for the good of the family. On the contrary, those bad people bully their neighbors, their people, even their brothers and their fathers and sons. Do not believe, do not believe, centrifuge up and down, and you will lose.

What a pity! Harvest can't cure injury, and harvest can't make up for death! In the past, Qi Huangong didn't back the alliance of Cao Mo, Jin Wengong didn't covet the original benefits, Wei Wenhou didn't abandon the dangerous period, and Qin Xiaogong didn't waste the reward of moving wood. The way of these four kings is not the quintessence of the country, but the Shang monarch is particularly mean. In a world of war and attack, people tend to cheat, but they still dare not forget to trust their livestock and their people. The situation is the master of the four seas!

Translation:

Minister Sima Guang said: Fame is the supreme magic weapon of a monarch. The country is protected by the people and the people are protected by reputation. Without credibility, the people can't obey, and without the people, the country can't maintain. Therefore, those who achieved kingliness in ancient times did not bully the world, those who established hegemony did not bully neighboring countries, those who were good at governing the country did not bully the people, and those who were good at managing the family did not bully their loved ones. Only stupid people do the opposite, deceiving neighboring countries, deceiving people, and even deceiving brothers and sons.

Do not believe, do not believe, centrifuge up and down, and even fail. Deception can't save the fatal wound, and what you get is far less than what you lose. What a pity! At that time, Qi Huangong didn't break the covenant made by Cao Mo's coercion and inducement, Jin Wengong didn't covet to attack the original land and keep its credit, Wei Wenhou didn't betray the hunting covenant with Shan Ye, and Qin Xiaogong didn't take back the four questions for the man who moved the wooden pole.

None of these four monarchs is perfect in governing the country, and Gong Sunyang can be said to be too mean. However, when they are in the troubled times of the Warring States, when the world is full of intrigue and wits, they still dare not forget to establish credibility to subdue the people's hearts, not to mention being the rulers who govern the whole country today!

Extended data

Zi Tong Zhi Jian focuses on time and events, which began in the 23rd year of Wei Lie Wang Zhou (403 BC) and ended in the 6th year of Xian De (959 BC), with a cycle of *** 1362.

The book is divided into sixteen dynasties, namely, five volumes of Zhou Ji, three volumes of Ji Qin, sixty volumes of Han Ji, ten volumes of Wei Ji, forty volumes of Jin Ji, sixteen volumes of Song Ji, ten volumes of Miracle, twenty-two volumes of Liang Ji, ten volumes of Chen Ji and Sui Ji.

The content of Zi Tong Zhi Jian mainly focuses on political, military and ethnic relations, as well as the evaluation of economic, cultural and historical figures, with the aim of warning future generations through the description of the ruling class policies related to the rise and fall of the country and the rise and fall of the nation.

The origin of the title is that Song Shenzong thinks that the book has been given the title of "observing its past and governing the country". It can be seen that the name of Zi Tong Zhi Jian is not only the conscious expression of historians' management of history, but also the conscious expression of feudal emperors' use of history to serve politics.

This is a chronological general history. Historical events are described in chronological order, and the cause and effect of historical events are often explained by narrative and conclusion, which makes people get a systematic and clear impression. Its content is mainly based on political and military historical facts, showing the traces of emperors and ministers' management of chaos, success or failure, and safety as historical reference. Described the lives and struggles of people of all ethnic groups.

Zi Tong Zhi Jian has been carefully finalized and unified rhetoric by Sima Guang, with beautiful words and vivid narrative, which has high literary value. It has been listed as a masterpiece of ancient historians in China along with Historical Records. In addition to narratives, he also selected 97 historical papers of predecessors and wrote 1 18 historical papers in the form of Yue, which reflected the author's political historical view. It is an important progress of historical thought to take a critical attitude towards religious superstitions such as divination and Buddhism and Taoism in history.

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