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Life in the Ming Dynasty

When Yin Zhongkan was appointed to Jingzhou, Wang Dongting asked him, "Virtue is known as keeping everything intact, and benevolence is known as not harming things. Now you are the governor of China, and you are in charge of killing people. Isn't this contrary to my principles?" Yin Zhongkan replied, "Gao Yao created the system of punishment and exile, and he was not unvirtuous; Confucius was the chief prosecutor, and he was not unkind."

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Good times don't wait

Taiwei Wang did not associate with Yu Zisong, and Yu Qing did not tolerate him. The king said, "You cannot do what you want." Yu said, "You are my master, and I am your master. I will use my own rules, and you will use your own rules."

Love is a poison with no cure

Zilu asked about strength, and the Master said: "Is it the strength of the South? Is it the strength of the North? Is it the strength of suppression? To teach with kindness and gentleness, and not to retaliate against the unrighteous, is the strength of the South, and the gentleman lives in it. Wearing armor and not being tired of dying, is the strength of the North, and the strong live in it. Therefore, the gentleman is harmonious but not swayed, how strong and correct! To stand in the middle but not lean, how strong and correct! If the country has the way, do not change and block it, how strong and correct! If the country has no way, do not change until death, how strong and correct! "

As diligent as he is

In this month, the master of craftsmen is ordered to order all craftsmen to examine the quantities of the five warehouses: gold and iron, leather and tendons, horns and teeth, feathers and arrows, fat, glue, cinnabar and lacquer, and none of them are bad. All craftsmen are in good order, and the supervision of the work is on the day; do not go against the time, and do not do anything extravagant and clever to disturb the emperor's heart.

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In this month, he orders the fishermen to start fishing, and the emperor goes there in person to taste the fish and first offer it to the temple. The ice is just beginning to gather, and the water in the marshes is hard. He orders to take the ice and bring it in. He orders the people to take out five kinds of food. He orders the farmers to plan their farming work, repair the plows and hoes, and prepare the farming tools. He orders the musicians to play together and then stop. He orders the four supervisors to collect firewood and firewood to share with the suburban temples and the hundreds of sacrifices.