Is to keep autumn millet company with hunger and cold.
I. Original text
Yan Zi said: "Babies know ancient sages, but they know people's hunger when they are full, their cold when they are warm, and their labor when they are free, but today you don't know." Gong said, "Good! I have heard of life. " Is to make autumn millet and hunger and cold.
Second, translation.
Yan Zi said: "I heard that the ancient sages knew the hunger of others when they were full, the coldness of others when they were warm, and the hardships of others when they were at ease. Now you don't know this. " Gong Jing said, "Well said! I listened to your teachings. " So (Gong Jing) ordered people to distribute fur coats and food to people who were hungry and cold.
Third, the source
In Yan Zi's Spring and Autumn Annals of the Warring States, Gong Jing ordered Qiu Fasu to be hungry and cold.
Extended data:
character introduction
Gong Jing was not only Qi Jinggong, but also the monarch of Qi at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. His ministers include Yan Ying, Sima Yi, Liang Qiu and others. Qi Jinggong has both a strong ambition to govern the country and a desire for pleasure. As a monarch, he doesn't want to give up any of them. Accordingly, there must be two different groups of ministers around him, one is the minister who runs the country and the other is the minister who enjoys himself. Qi Jinggong, like many monarchs in history, used this way of governing the country and employing people.