Yan Zi Chunqiu Inner Confession on the second, translation

Original text: When Jing Gong, the rain and snow were not bad for three days, and the public was fur with a white fox and sat on the side of the hall. The banquet entered the meeting, and there was a room, and the public said:

Weird! Rain and snow for three days without chilling. "The banquet said:

Chilling? Gong laughed. Yanzi said:

Babies hear it, the sages of the ancients, full and know the hunger of people, warm and know the cold of people, easy and know the labor of people, and now you don't know it. Gong said: "Good!

The widow is fateful. "He commanded the hair to come out, and hunger and cold. Those who see the road today do not ask where they are; Those who see it in it do not ask about their homes; Follow the country count, without words.

Those who are both in business and in the month, and those who are sick are also old. When Confucius heard this, he said: "The banquet can know what he wants, and Jing Gong can do what he wants."

Translation: During the reign of Qi Jinggong, it snowed heavily for three days without stopping, and Jinggong sat on the steps on the side of the hall wearing a white fox fur robe. Yan Zi entered the palace to meet Jing Gong, and after standing for a while, Jing Gong said:

Strange! It snowed heavily for three days, and the weather was not cold. Yan Zi said:

Isn't it really cold? Yan Zi smiled. Jing Gong said:

I have heard that the virtuous kings of ancient times knew that someone was hungry when they were full, that someone was cold when they were warm, and that they were working hard when they were comfortable. Now the king does not know the afflictions of the people! Jing Gong said:

That's right! I have listened to you. So he ordered that clothing and food be brought out and given to those who were hungry and cold.

It is commanded that whoever sees a man who is hungry or cold on the way, without asking him which village he is, and if he sees a man who is hungry or cold in Lilu, without asking him which house he is, he should go around the whole country and give them a count, and not give them their names. Those who have already served will be given two months' relief food, and those who are sick will be given two years' relief food.

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1 All the people offended Qi Jinggong, Jinggong was very angry, ordered him to be tied up in the main hall, prepared to be sentenced to death by dividing the body, and said that if anyone dared to dissuade him, he would be killed. Yan Zi (i.e. Yan Ying) grabbed the head of the prisoner with his left hand, held the knife in his right hand, raised his head and asked Jing Gong: "In ancient times, when the Holy King Mingjun dismembered the prisoner, I don't know which part of the prisoner to knife first?"

Jing Gong immediately stood up and said, "Let him go, it's the widow's fault." ”

During the Jing Dynasty, there were many provisions in the criminal law. One day, Jing Gong went out and saw a shoe (the shoes worn by criminals who had their feet cut off). Jing Gong asked Yan Zi: "Xianqing's place is close to the market, do you know whether it is expensive or ordinary shoes?" Yan Zi replied: "It's expensive." ”

Jing Gong suddenly came to his senses, so he ordered the abolition of the punishment (the criminal law that cut off the criminal's foot).