{"id":5527,"date":"2025-01-13T10:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T02:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/?p=5527"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T08:08:47","slug":"lord-jings-reverence-and-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/culture\/5527\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Jing\u2019s Reverence and Humility"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"ffb-id-715jtagt fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-medium fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-7g062r5h fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-12 fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"ffb-id-7g062r5j fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    content-auther-style1 fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p>by \u6b50\u4fee\u6885<\/p>\n<p><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-7g062r5v fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"2048\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\u6f58\u9e97\u6c34\u7e6a\uff1a\u5b54\u5b50\u884c\u8de1\u57165\u2014\u666f\u516c\u5c0a\u8b93.jpg\" alt=\"\u6f58\u9e97\u6c34\u7e6a\uff1a\u5b54\u5b50\u884c\u8de1\u57165\u2014\u666f\u516c\u5c0a\u8b93\"><div class=\"ffb-id-7g062r61 fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    content-p-style1-en fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p>The story comes from Records of the Grand Historian: The House of Confucius<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-7g062r64 fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    content-p-style1-en fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p>Lord Jing of Qi sought counsel from Confucius on governance. Confucius replied, \"Let kings be kings, ministers be ministers, fathers be fathers, sons be sons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lord Jing responded, &ldquo;Wonderful! For if the king is not as a king should be, the minister not as a minister should be, the father not as a father should be, and the son not as a son should be, even though there may be grain in the granary, how would I possibly enjoy it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On another day, Lord Jing again inquired Confucius about the principles of governance. Confucius said, &ldquo;Good governance lies in frugality.&rdquo; Pleased, Lord Jing considered bestowing upon Confucius the lands of Ni Creek.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-7g062r67 fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    content-p-style1-en fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p>This story took place during Confucius&rsquo; middle years, a period when the State of Lu was plagued by civil warfare. Lord Zhao of Lu was defeated by the three most powerful families in the state and fled to the State of Qi. Confucius also left Lu and traveled to Qi, where he had the opportunity to meet Lord Jing of Qi.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-7g062r69 fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    content-p-style1-en fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p>Lord Jing of Qi consulted Confucius on the principles of ruling a country. Confucius advised, &ldquo;Let kings be kings, ministers be ministers, fathers be fathers, and sons be sons.&rdquo; In other words, kings should act like kings, ministers should act like ministers, fathers should act like fathers, and sons should act like sons.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-7g062r6b fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    content-p-style1-en fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p>Lord Jing of Qi replied, &ldquo;Well said! If kings do not act like kings, ministers do not act like ministers, fathers do not act like fathers, and sons do not act like sons, even there is plenty of grain in the warehouse, how will I ever get to enjoy it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-7g062r6d fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    content-p-style1-en fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p>A few days after, Lord Jing of Qi consulted Confucius again about the principles of ruling a country. Confucius advised, &ldquo;Be mindful of conserving financial resources when ruling a country.&rdquo; Lord Jing of Qi was delighted by this advice and wished to bestow a piece of land near Ni Creek to Confucius.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-899s662e fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    content-p-style1-en fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p>Pitifully, the plan was thwarted due to the intervention of Yan Ying.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-89hfdan7 fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    content-p-style1-en fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p>This painting depicts the audience between Lord Jing of Qi and Confucius. The scene is set in the wilderness beneath a pine tree. The lord is accompanied by two guards, one holding an umbrella and the other a lamp. Confucius is positioned slightly lower. The lord and his esteemed guest are shown bowing to each other in mutual respect.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-715jtagt{ padding-bottom: 20px;}@media (min-width:992px) { .ffb-id-715jtagt{ padding-bottom: 40px;}}.ffb-id-7g062r5v{ margin-bottom: 15px;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Jing of Qi sought counsel from Confucius on governance. Confucius replied, \"Let kings be kings, ministers be ministers, fathers be fathers, sons be sons.\u201d<br \/>\nLord Jing responded, \u201cWonderful! For if the king is not as a king should be, the minister not as a minister should be, the father not as a father should be, and the son not as a son should be, even though there may be grain in the granary, how would I possibly enjoy it?\u201d<br \/>\nOn another day, Lord Jing again inquired Confucius about the principles of governance. Confucius said, \u201cGood governance lies in frugality.\u201d Pleased, Lord Jing considered bestowing upon Confucius the lands of Ni Creek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-people","post-wrapper"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5619,"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5527\/revisions\/5619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtown.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}