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Quotes from Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 — Su Shi

1037–1101 China

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What a ruler has to rely upon is only the human heart. Human hearts are to the ruler what roots are to a tree, what oil is to a lamp, water to fish, fields to a farmer, or money to a merchant.

Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 (1999)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Su Shi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.