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·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). 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.