The core idea of this article is to simplify administration without disturbing the people and let the people do what they should do. Only with less intervention can they develop well.
And some officials like to give orders frequently, which seems to pity the people, but it will eventually bring disaster to the people.
For example, many government decrees, with good intentions and seemingly responsible, are actually harmful to the people. It only increases the burden on ordinary people, but it does no good.
Just like planting a tree, planting a good tree is to follow the nature of the tree and respect its growth law.
And some people who plant trees are so anxious to see the result that they can't help shaking and even cutting the bark to see if it is alive or withered; Shake the trunk and observe the sparse and dense branches and leaves.
Although it is said to care for trees, it is actually damaging trees; Although I am worried about trees, I actually regard them as my enemies.
This is very much like Lao Tzu's "inaction", and it is also what we often say. We only emphasize streamlining the army and seldom emphasize "simple administration".
Just like emphasizing "reducing the burden on the grassroots", it tends to be more and more negative.
The original text of "Learning from Mutual Adversity" is as follows:
Liu Zongyuan once wrote the biography of planting camels, saying, "There is no tree planted by camels that is neither alive nor prosperous. Someone asked him why.
Guo Tuo replied: "I personally can't let trees live longer and grow more luxuriantly.
Generally speaking, the nature of trees, roots like to stretch, like to cultivate people with old mud.
After planting a tree, you don't need to move it, worry about it, and look after it after you leave.
When cutting down trees, it's like taking care of your own children. After putting the tree in the soil, it is like throwing it away, so that the nature of the tree can be preserved and developed.
Other people who plant trees are not like this. They bend the roots together and change the new soil. They care too much about trees and worry too much. They look at it in the morning and touch it at night. They have already left, and they have to look back.
To make matters worse, people have to cut the bark to see if it is alive or withered, shake the trunk and observe the sparse and dense branches and leaves, while the trees are getting more and more divorced from their nature.
Although it is said to care for trees, it is actually damaging trees;
Although I am worried about trees, I actually regard them as my enemies.
Therefore, people are not as good at planting trees as I am.
The same is true for dealing with government affairs.
I live in the countryside. When I see an official, I like to give orders frequently. It seems that I sympathize with the people, but it will eventually bring disaster to the people.
All day long, officials come to gather the people together, issue orders to the people, urge them to farm and harvest, and supervise them to raise silkworms and weave fabrics.
We little people have stopped breakfast and dinner, and it is too late to comfort the officials. How can we make our livelihood happy and our nature safe and undisturbed?
Generally speaking, people's embarrassment and burnout are mainly due to this reason!
Guo tuo, I don't know the name. People who are sick and have camel-like appearance are called "camels" in their hometown. The camel listened and said, "Very good. Say my name. " Because of its name, it also calls itself "camel" cloud.
Its hometown is Fengle Township, to the west of Chang 'an. Camel industry plants trees, which are welcomed by rich people in Chang 'an. They keep sightseeing and sell fruits. Trees planted by camels, or migrated, survived; And rich and gorgeous, early and practical. Although other growers are watching the effect, it can't be like this.
If you have a question, you will say.
Camels can not only make trees survive and multiply, but also conform to the nature of trees.
As far as the nature of planting trees is concerned, it should be comfortable, its cultivation should be flat, its soil should be ancient and its buildings should be dense.
Now that you're gone, don't move, don't worry, don't look back. If you are a child, if you are abandoned, it is full of nature and its nature. So, I don't harm it, I have to be able to recognize it. Just don't control your consumption, it doesn't have to be sweet early. Other growers are not. Roots are easy to rush, soil is easy to plow, but not too strict, it is not as good as people. If you have the ability to do the opposite, you will love too much and worry too much. When I looked at it, I stroked it, but I had already left, looking back. What's more, claw its skin to measure its health and dryness, shake its roots to observe its density, and the nature of wood will be divided from day to day. Although you love it, it is actually harmful; Although worried, but actually very annoying; So, you don't want it, I want it. what can I do? "
The questioner said, "Is it ok to transfer official management by children?" The camel said, "I only know how to plant trees. It's none of my business. However, I live in my hometown, and those who are kind to others are angry with their orders. If I am poor, I will die of disaster. When the official arrived at dusk, he shouted, "The official order urges you to plow, mow and sow, and you will reap." . You should knit early and you should be young, so you should be a chicken and a dolphin.' Collect drums, beat wood and call them. My villain dropped out of school to work for an official, and it is impossible to have leisure. How can I be happy and safe? So, I am sick and lazy. If so, is it similar to our industry? "(Li; Guan Li)
The questioner said, "Hey, what a good husband! I asked about raising trees, and I want to raise people. " Pass it on as an official warning.