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Confucius' weather

This is from Yan Zi's Spring and Autumn Annals. This is a book that is difficult for ordinary people to read.

Let me translate this passage first.

It snowed for three days when Gong Jing was in power. Qi Jinggong is sitting in the palace in a fur coat made of white fur under the fox's armpit. Yan Zi entered the palace to receive an audience. After a while, Gong Jing said, "How strange! It snowed for three days, but it was not cold. " Yan Zi said, "Isn't it cold?" Gong Jing smiled. Yan Zi said: "I heard that the ancient sages knew that their countrymen were hungry when they were full, cold when they were warm, and bitter when they were comfortable." Now the king doesn't know the people. "Gong Jing said," well said! I listened to your teachings. " He ordered people to distribute fur coats and food to people who were hungry and cold. Command: Don't ask people who are hungry and cold when you see them on the road or in the alley. Patrol the national statistics and can't remember their names. The hired scholar will be given food for two months, and the sick and sleepy will be given food for two years. Confucius said: "Yan Zi can clarify his wishes, and Gong Jing can implement the moral policy he has realized. "

This sentence may really not be said by Confucius, but it is just a summary of the incident by a famous person. This sentence is a compliment to Yan Zi and Qi Jinggong. Yan Zi can skillfully tell Qi Jinggong his suggestion, while Qi Jinggong can quickly accept it and respond accordingly. There are four modes here, one is king mode, the other is courtier mode, the other is persuasion mode and the other is training mode.