"Zhi" in the letter: based on, relying on. It means: keep your word.
"Yi" is affectionate: according to and relying on. It means that a reasonable ruling must be made according to the facts.
Quoted from Zuo Qiuming's The Battle of Cao Gui in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Original: Q: "Why do you fight?" Duke Zhuang said, "I have never dared to know about food and clothing, but I will give it to my officials." Yes, I said, "Xiao En doesn't repeat, but people are obedient." Duke Zhuang said, "I never dare to exaggerate the number of pigs, sheep, jade articles, silks, etc. for sacrifice. I must tell God the truth." Cao Gui said: "Mix's credit cannot be trusted by the gods, and the gods will not bless you." . "The duke said," although we can't visit a small prison, we must show our feelings.
Cao Gui asked, "What are you fighting for?"
Duke Zhuang of Lu said, "I never dare to keep things like food and clothing for the sake of health. I must give them to ministers around me." Cao Gui replied: "This kind of small kindness can't spread to the people, and the people won't obey you." Duke Zhuang of Lu said, "I never dare to exaggerate the number of sacrifices such as pigs, cows, sheep, jade articles and silk fabrics, but I must tell the truth to God."
Cao Gui said: "A small contribution cannot win the trust of the gods, and the gods will not bless you." Lv Zhuanggong said: "Even if I can't see all the litigation cases, I will make a reasonable judgment based on the facts."
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Brief introduction of the author
Zuo Qiuming, whose date of birth and death is unknown, is a monarch with a surname of Qiu and a name of Ming. Because his father was a historian, he was called Zuo Qiuming. (As for the name of Zuo Qiuming, for a long time, due to the limited records of Zuo Qiuming, the author of Zuo Zhuan in the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, scholars in previous dynasties argued endlessly about the name of Zuo Qiuming.
Compound surname, Ming said; It is said that the single surname is Zuo, whose real name is Qiu Ming, but in history, Zuo Qiuming is a descendant of Jiang Ziya, and the direct line Sun Qiu (Qiu) is more reliable, while the collateral Zuo family remains to be considered.
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Junzhuang (now Donghengyu Village, Shi Heng Town, Feicheng City, Shandong Province) was born. Historians, writers, thinkers? Prose writer? Military strategist. At the same time or slightly older than Confucius.
He used to be a historian of Lu, and wrote Zuo Zhuan (also known as Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals) and Guoyu for the purpose of analyzing Spring and Autumn Annals. He was blind when he wrote Mandarin. The two books recorded many important historical events in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Annals, and preserved original materials with high value. Because of the detailed historical materials and vivid writing, it has aroused the hobbies and discussions of scholars at home and abroad.
Confucius and Sima Qian both honored Zuo Qiuming as a "gentleman", known as "Shi Sheng, a scholar" and "the father of politicians". Emperors of past dynasties have many seals: the seal of the Tang Dynasty; Song Feng's flawed Qiu Bo and Du Zhongbo; The Ming dynasty named sages and sages. Tyumen Middle School was built in Feicheng, Shandong Province to commemorate Zuo Qiuming.
Zuo Qiuming is the founder of traditional historiography in China. Historians regard Zuo Qiuming as the originator of China's historiography. Known as "the father of hundred schools of thought, the father of ancient Chinese." Zuo Qiuming's thought is Confucianism, which reflects the interests and demands of the people at that time.
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