Jizi [jī] was the uncle of King Zhou and an important minister of the Shang Dynasty. When King Zhou of Shang made chopsticks from ivory, Jizi sighed sadly and said: "He is making chopsticks from ivory now, and he will definitely make chopsticks from jade in the future. After the

箕[jī]子 was the uncle of King Zhou and an important minister of Shang Dynasty. When King Zhou of Shang Dynasty made chopsticks with ivory, Jizi sighed sadly: "He now uses ivory. To make chopsticks, he will definitely use jade to make chopsticks in the future. After successfully making the jade cup, he will definitely plunder the rare treasures from far away and make them his own. His food, clothing, housing and transportation will also be luxurious. If the king only knows how to pursue pleasure, the country will It will definitely not be revitalized. "

Sure enough, as Jizi expected, King Zhou of Shang became more and more dissolute and immoral. He was only greedy for his own enjoyment and ignored the suffering of the people. Jizi directly advised King Zhou of Shang, but King Zhou ignored him at all. As for his advice, someone advised Jizi: "You should leave the Shang Dynasty now. King Zhou is doing whatever he wants. The disaster of the Shang Dynasty is coming soon. You can't help him by staying here. It's better to leave here as soon as possible." Jizi said helplessly: "As a minister, you should give advice to the monarch. Because the monarch does not listen to his opinions, he will leave him and fly away. Such behavior can only highlight the monarch's fault and please the people. I really can't do it." I can't bear to do this." Jizi disheveled his hair, pretended to be crazy, and no longer interfered with the state affairs of the court. Sometimes he vented his grief and anger by playing the piano. When people heard it, they praised him and named his song "Jizi". "Fuck", despite this, King Zhou still did not let Jizi go and imprisoned him in prison.

Not long after, King Wu of Zhou sent troops to attack King Zhou of Shang and destroyed the Shang Dynasty. King Wu of Zhou knew that Jizi was a talented man with both political integrity and talent, so he released him from prison. King Wu of Zhou was very fond of Jizi. Respected, I once asked Jizi for advice on how to govern the world. King Wu of Zhou said: "God appeases the people and makes them live in harmony, but God cannot speak. I have never understood what laws God relies on to calm the people. Can you tell me "Me?"

Jizi answered King Wu of Zhou without reservation, saying: "A long time ago, Gun was ordered to control floods and disturbed the laws of the Five Elements. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry, and the laws and basic principles of governing the country were destroyed. Gun After his death, his son Yu succeeded him to control floods. God appreciated Yu's virtues and taught him nine basic laws. Since then, the rule of law and ethics have been in order. These nine laws are called five elements, five things, and eight. The five elements are water, fire, wood, metal, and earth. The performance of water is to moisten all things and sink downwards; the performance of fire is to heat up and rise; the performance of wood is to bend and straighten; the performance of gold is to melt and change shape , the performance of soil is that it can be cultivated and harvested. Water tastes salty, fire tastes bitter, wood tastes sour, gold tastes spicy, and earth tastes sweet.

The five things are appearance, speech, observation, listening and thinking. The appearance should be serious and respectful, so that the heart will be humble;The speech should be correct and trustworthy, so that people will be convinced, so that the country can be governed;Observation of things should be clear and thorough, so that you can distinguish the true from the false, When listening to opinions, you must distinguish right from wrong, so that you can handle things properly, and when you think about problems, you must be comprehensive, so that things will be clear.

The eight political are to do a good job in agricultural production , do a good job in commerce and trade, worship good ghosts and gods, do a good job in civil construction , do a good job in culture and education , do a good job in social security , and formulate a good The etiquette of princes meeting , managing the army well.

The Five Epochs are year, month, day, stars and calendar respectively.

emperor refers to the highest principle that the monarch should abide by.The monarch should formulate systems based on the interests of the people. Only in this way can he get the support of the people, and then the monarch can ask his subjects to abide by these rules. The monarch should be good at appointing talented people, and give them enough titles and salaries. Even if it is possible to be biased and unfair, ministers should abide by the laws of the previous kings and not form cliques for personal gain. The monarch should care for the people like parents do to their children.

The three virtues are respectively Correct people's thoughts , use strong means to win, use weak means to win. Only by correcting people's thoughts can the world be stable. To those who are tough and unfriendly, you should use strong means. To defeat them, those who are friendly should be treated with an attitude of integration.

Suspicion is to solve difficult problems . The method is to choose people who are good at divination and predict the bad luck through divination. There are many kinds of signs that appear after divination, and it is not easy to judge the result through it. This is to find multiple people to divination at the same time and listen to the judgment of many people. Once you encounter a major difficult problem, you should first think it over carefully, and then discuss it with your officials and the people. , and finally judge it through divination. If you divination, and the ministers and the people agree, it is called Datong. If you divination agrees, and the ministers and the people oppose it, it is called auspiciousness. If the ministers divination agrees, if you and the people oppose it, it is also considered auspicious. The people divination If you agree, you and your ministers are against it, it is still feasible. Only you agree. If your ministers and the people are opposed to it, it will be auspicious to do things at home, but it will be dangerous to do things abroad. If all parties express opposition, then don't act, otherwise There will be danger.

Shuzheng refers to various signs of the weather. Such as rainy, sunny, warm, cold, and windy. If these five kinds of weather are present and appear according to certain rules, the crops will be prosperous. It is not a good thing for certain weather to always appear or not to appear. If it rains for a long time without If the monarch is humble and respectful, it will rain on time; if the monarch is honest in government affairs, the sun will be abundant; if the monarch is wise, the weather will be warm and moderate; if the monarch is foresighted, the weather will be cold and moderate. If the monarch understands the sage, the weather will be smooth, which is a good sign. If the monarch is arrogant and ignorant, there will be too much rainfall. If the monarch acts recklessly, the weather will be dry. If the monarch is greedy for pleasure, the sky will be too hot. If the monarch is tyrannical and impatient, the sky will be hot. If it is too cold, the monarch will be foolish and unclear, and the strong wind will continue. These are not good signs. If the monarch makes a mistake, it will affect the weather for a year. If the ministers make a mistake, it will affect the weather for a month. If an official makes a mistake, it will affect the weather. It will affect the weather of the day. If the weather is normal, crops will be harvested, politics will be clear, wise people will be promoted, and the country will be stable.

Xiangyong five blessings and six levels refer to enjoying the five kinds of happiness and staying away from the six kinds of disasters. The five kinds of happiness are longevity, wealth, peace, virtue and good death. The six disasters are premature death, illness, worry, poverty, ugliness, and cowardice.

After King Zhou Wu heard Jizi's grand speech, he felt that he benefited a lot. He thanked Jizi for his teachings and enfeoffed Jizi to Korea. He governed the people there and never treated Jizi as a minister.