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When Yan Yuan and Ji Lu served. Confucius said, "Why don't you tell us what each man wants?"

Zilu said: "I am willing to share the carriage and horse and fur with friends, and I will not regret it if it is broken." Yan Yuan said

I hope that I can do it without boasting about my merits or promoting my merits. Zilu said, "What about your wishes?"

Confucius said, "I hope that the elderly can enjoy happiness, the children can be cared for, and friends can trust me." ”

Her Majesty the Queen Mother has a complete virtue in her own right. It expanded Tang Yu's political influence, opened up his views widely, and listened to opinions extensively. Gather the unreasonable words of the arrogant, the ideas of the lowly woodcutters.

How can I, Ban Zhao, meet the empress dowager of Shengming with my stupid ability, how can I not be loyal and repay the kindness of one-thousandth of the court? I have heard that humility is the greatest noble virtue, so the ancient texts praise it, and the gods will bless the meek. From Fang Boyi and Shu Qi to each other as kings and left their country together, people all over the world admired their honesty and nobility; Taibo left the country in order to give the throne to his younger brother, and Confucius praised him for giving the world three ways.

They are those who will make a name for themselves in the Hereafter because they magnify and demonstrate their virtues. The Analects says:'What difficulties does a person who can govern the country with courtesy and humility have in handling the affairs of the state?

In this sense, the sincerity of the push, its effect is far-reaching. Now that the four uncles are able to adhere to the discipline of loyalty and filial piety, and take the initiative to resign and go into hiding, if they do not agree to their resignation on the grounds of the instability of the frontiers, if there is a small mistake in the future, it will cover up the virtue of humility today, and I am really afraid that the good name of their concession will no longer be obtained. According to what I can go so far as I can see, and therefore at the risk of death, I have tried my foolish thoughts, and I myself know that my words are not worthy of the Queen Mother, but I have not expressed my small sincerity by this.

The Queen Mother listened to Ban Zhao's suggestion and agreed to the request of Deng Qiu and others, so Deng Qiu and the others returned home.

Ban Zhao wrote seven articles of the "Female Commandments", which were very helpful in educating women. ......Ma Rong thought that "The Female Commandment" was very good, and asked his wife and daughter to study this book. ......Ban Zhao died at the age of 70, and the Empress Dowager also wore plain clothes to express her mourning, and also sent messengers to supervise her funeral.

Ban Zhao wrote a total of 16 articles, including fu, ode, inscription, edict, question, note, lamentation, book, treatise, letter, and testament. Her daughter-in-law, Ding, compiled Ban Zhao's articles into a collection, and also wrote an article "Everyone Praises" in the collection.

Most of the people who are rulers are honest and self-controlled. The system is very good to supervise the princes, the family members of the emperor's relatives and relatives, and the powerful gentry and cunning people in the family, all of whom are afraid of its power and hold their voices, and none of them dare to bully their subordinates. The caravans stayed in the wilderness, there was not a single thief, the prisons were vacant every year, the cattle and horses were everywhere, and the doors were not closed.

And there is a good harvest every year, a bucket of rice is only sold for three or four taels, and the people who are in a hurry from Beijing to Lingbiao, from Shandong to Canghai, do not bring food, and ask for supplies from people on the road. When you enter a village in Shandong, you will definitely get a warm reception from the local people, and sometimes when you set off, you will get a gift. This is all not in the ancient past.