餘糧

餘糧

1. surplus grain

   • 民有餘糧，使民以粟出官爵。官爵必以其力，則農不怠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     民有余粮，使民以粟出官爵。官爵必以其力，则农不怠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE, translated based on J.J.L. Duyvendak's version

     Mín yǒu yúliáng, shǐ mín yǐ sù chū guānjué. Guānjué bì yǐ qí lì, zé nóng bù dài. [Pinyin]

     If the people have a surplus of grain, cause them to obtain office and rank by means of their cereals; if through their own efforts they can count upon obtaining office and rank, farmers will not be lazy.

   • 經過了四年艱苦奮鬥，一年一年好起來，絕大多數的社員成了餘糧戶。 [MSC, trad.]
     经过了四年艰苦奋斗，一年一年好起来，绝大多数的社员成了余粮户。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Jīngguò le sì nián jiānkǔfèndòu, yī nián yī nián hǎo qilai, juédàduōshù de shèyuán chéng le yúliánghù. [Pinyin]

     But it has become better off year by year, and now, after four years of hard struggle, most of its households have reserves of grain.