Learning history with the general secretary and listening to the general secretary telling historical stories： the bachelor of Jin Dynasty talked about waste affairs in vain

　　[When learning is going on] It is a distinctive feature of the speech of the Supreme Leader General Secretary to quote classics and aid the ancient times to prove the present. In a series of important speeches and articles published by the Supreme Leader General Secretary, historical stories are often used to illustrate the truth of governing the country, which is thought-provoking. Xinhua News Agency’s "Learning in Progress" launched a series of articles to share with you the classic historical stories told by the General Secretary.

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　　To take responsibility, we must work hard and work hard, and we must never sit and talk about it and talk without practice. I have told the story of scholars in the Jin Dynasty who talked about waste affairs in vain many times, and Wang Yan is one of the representatives, who can be described as eloquent and unparalleled.

　　— — On September 1, 2021, a speech at the opening ceremony of the training class for young and middle-aged cadres of the Central Party School (National School of Administration) in the autumn semester of 2021.

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　　Wang Yan was an important minister in the late Western Jin Dynasty. At that time, Schleswig, the leader of the Jie tribe, invaded Luoyang, and Wang Yan went to crusade as a captain with the army. As a result, he was defeated and captured. Schleswig-Holstein asked him the reason for the collapse of the Western Jin Dynasty, and he excused himself in every way, saying that he had never participated in political affairs since he was young. Schleswig rebuked him: you are famous all over the world, and you are in a heavy responsibility. As for Bai Shou, how can you say that you didn’t participate in the government affairs of the court? "Destroying the world is a sin of the monarch." Later, Wang Yan was killed by Schleswig-Holstein. Before he died, Wang Yan lamented that if he did not pursue vanity at ordinary times, but worked hard, he would not have fallen to this point.

　　During the Jin Dynasty, literati were addicted to metaphysical philosophical debates, and the wind of talking clearly prevailed. Wang Xizhi once criticized this phenomenon and said: "Xia Yu is diligent about the king, and his hands and feet are callused; King Wen eats, and he gives it every day. There are many bases in the suburbs today, which is pleasant for people to work for themselves. It is not suitable for today to talk about waste affairs in vain, and it is not suitable for today. " This is the origin of "empty talk about waste".

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　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has mentioned the story of "empty talk about waste affairs" more than once. In his speech at the opening ceremony of the training class for young and middle-aged cadres of the Central Party School (National School of Administration) in the autumn semester of 2021, he once again cited the story of Wang Yan’s empty talk about his country’s mistakes, in order to warn leading cadres not to "empty talk about waste affairs", but to pay attention to practice and work hard with real swords and guns.

　　It is the duty and value of cadres to take charge of things. The party puts cadres in various positions to make everyone take responsibility for doing practical things, not to be an official and talk. "Air-to-air" is a typical manifestation of formalism. The broad masses of cadres should combine knowledge with practice, work hard, be doers and take the initiative to act.