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Original text of the first paragraph:

King Zhao of Yan came to the throne after conquering the queen of Yan. He humbled himself and paid a lot of money to recruit wise men, hoping to take revenge on him. So I went to see Mr. Guo Wei. Mr. Guo Wei said: "Qi attacked Yan because of the rebellion in the Gu country. Guji knew that Yan was small and weak and could not retaliate. However, he got the wise men and the Japanese country to avenge the shame of the previous king. Gu's wish is that he dares "What can I do if I seek revenge from my country?"

Translation of the first paragraph:

In the twenty-eighth year, the country of Yan was rich, and the soldiers were happy and easy to fight. So he appointed Le Yi as his general and conspired with Qin, Chu and the three Jin states to attack Qi. Qi's army was defeated and King Min fled abroad. The Yan soldiers pursued north alone and entered Linzi. They took all the treasures and burned their palaces and temples. The only people who could not conquer the whole city were Ju and Jimo

After King Yan Zhao tidied up the broken Yan State, he ascended to the throne. He is humble and respectful, recruits talented people with generous gifts and money, and is ready to rely on them to avenge his injustice. So, he went to see Mr. Guo Wei and said: "The State of Qi took advantage of the civil strife in our country to launch a surprise attack and defeated the State of Yan.

I know very well that the country is small and weak, and it is impossible to take revenge. However, if I can get It is my wish for talented people to work with them to manage the country and wash away the shame of the late king. What should I do if I want to avenge the country?"

Original text of the second paragraph? :

Mr. Guo Wei said to him: "The emperor is with his master, the king is with his friends, the tyrant is with his ministers, the country is subjugated and he is serving. If you do things according to your instructions, and learn from the north, then everything will happen. If one approaches oneself first and then stops, one asks first and then asks, then one's own will arrive; if one follows one's own approach, then one's own will arrive. If you attack, you will be punished by others. This is the ancient method of obeying the Tao and leading scholars. Wang Chengbo selects the wise men in the country and serves as his disciples. When the world hears about the wise ministers of the dynasty, all the wise men in the world will follow him. "Yu Yan." King Zhao asked: "Who can I serve as king?" Those who are teachers will work together with their dynasty; those who have achieved great success will have wise men as their friends, and they will work together with their dynasty; those who have achieved hegemony will have sages as their ministers, and they will work together with their dynasty; those who have subjugated their country will A king who makes wise men his servants cannot keep the country.

If you deign to serve the wise and face the teacher to receive instruction, then people with talents a hundred times more than yourself will come; go to work before others, rest before others, and seek advice from others before others, Others no longer ask for advice, but you still ask for advice.

Then, people with ten times more talents than yourself will come; when others meet you, if others are polite and come up to you quickly, you will also be polite and come up to you quickly. , then people with similar abilities to yourself will come, relying on a few cases and a cane,

dictating and dictating, then people who do chores and hard labor will come; if you are cruel to others If you are rude, get angry at will, and scold at will, then only prisoners and slaves who are obedient and obedient will come. These are all ancient ways to implement kingship and recruit talents. If the king can widely select talents in the country and visit the country personally, and people in the world hear that the king personally visits the wise ministers, all the wise men in the world will definitely rush to Yan. ”

King Zhao said: “Who should I visit?” "

Original text of the third paragraph:

" Mr. Guo Wei said: "I heard that in ancient times, there was a king who asked for a thousand-mile horse with a thousand pieces of gold, but he could not get it in three years. Let me tell you something. He said, "Asking for it." The king sent him, and in March, he got a thousand-mile horse. The horse was dead, and he bought its head for five hundred gold. The king was furious and said, "The person you asked for gave birth to a horse, and the horse died in peace." "Donate five hundred gold?" Juan said to him, "If you buy a dead horse for five hundred gold, how about a horse?" In the next year, a thousand-mile horse will arrive. Now the king sincerely wants to start from Wei. Is there anyone who is more talented than Wei? "So King Zhao built a palace for Wei and studied with him. . Le Yi went from Wei, Zou Yan went from Qi, Ju Xin went from Zhao, and scholars competed with Yan. King Yan hanged himself to death and asked about his life, and he was as happy as the people.

Translation of the third paragraph:

Mr. Guo Wei said: "I heard that in ancient times, there was a king who wanted to buy a thousand-mile horse for a thousand gold. After three years, he still couldn't buy it. One of the ministers said to the king: "Please let me buy it." The king sent him. Three months later, he found the thousand-mile horse, but the horse was dead, so he bought the dead horse for five hundred gold. The king came back and reported to the king. The king was furious and said, "What I'm looking for is a live horse. What's the use of a dead horse?" Five hundred gold was spent in vain. ’

The minister replied: ‘I am willing to spend five hundred gold on a dead horse, let alone a live horse? From this, people in the world will definitely think that the king is good at buying horses, so he will be able to buy a thousand-mile horse. ’ So, within a year, many thousand-mile horses came to my door. If the king really wants to recruit talents, let him start with me; if someone like me is appointed, let alone someone more talented than me? Do they still think it's a thousand miles away and don't come to Yan? ”

At this time, King Zhao of Yan built an official residence for Guo Wei and respected him as his teacher. Soon, Le Yi came from Wei and Zou Yan came from Qi. Ju Xin came from Zhao and some Talented people rushed to the State of Yan. King Zhao mourned the dead, comforted the living, and shared the joys and sorrows with the people. Twenty-eight years later, the State of Yan became rich and prosperous, and the soldiers lived a comfortable life, and they were all willing to help.

So King Zhao appointed Le Yi as a general and conspired with Chu, Qin, Zhao, Wei, Han and other countries to attack Qi. King Min of Qi fled abroad. . The Yan army pursued the fleeing Qi army alone, captured Linzi, the capital of Qi, and looted all the treasures there. They burned the palaces and ancestral temples of Qi. Only Juhe was not captured. Two places in Jimo.

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"Warring States Policy" is a famous historical work in ancient China. The history book ("Guoyu" is the first one) is also called "National Policy".

It is a work written by lobbyists during the Warring States Period. It mainly records the struggles of counselors and counselors during the Warring States Period. , Western Zhou, Qin, Qi, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, Song, Wei, and Zhongshan were compiled in turn, divided into 12 policies, 33 volumes, and 497 chapters. Approximately 120,000 words.

The recorded history starts with Zhibo’s destruction of the Fan family in 490 BC and ends with Gao Jianli’s attack on Qin Shihuang in 221 BC. It is the most accomplished and influential piece of pre-Qin historical prose. One of the works

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