Chapter 47 Chapter Nine: The Founding of the Han Dynasty

A sage has no permanent heart, and takes the heart of the people as his heart. I will be kind to those who are kind, and I will be good to those who are not.The common people pay attention to their eyes and ears, and the saints are all children. ——Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching·Chapter 49" To govern the country by law, the heart of a saint is the law of governing the country.The law of governing the country is not static, it needs to change with the development of the times, and the basis for the change is the "heart of the people". The people who are good people must be treated kindly, and the people who are not kind are also part of nature. Therefore, we must find ways to treat them kindly, so that we can get the real kindness of the main body, and this is the real virtuous government.

Honest people, of course, have to trust them, and dishonest people, we have to trust them even more, so that all can be attributed to faithfulness, which is called virtue and trust. The sage who governs the world should restrain himself and be humble to everyone, use his heart instead of his wisdom, be simple and have no desires, and treat the people with his heart. The people will naturally focus their ears and eyes on the words and deeds of the sage, and the sage will be like a baby Give infinite care to all people. After defeating Ding Yu, the world was restored to unity, and Liu Bang established the most important dynasty in Chinese history - the Han Dynasty.

Until Huitian, we still called ourselves "Han nationality, which shows the influence of Han civilization on us." But when this great dynasty was first born, everything was still in its infancy, full of infinite vitality, but it was still full of dangers, and integration and development faced many problems. Liu Bang, who has never had any "opinions", must play the role of the first leader of this new era...