Duke Huan of Ch`i asked Kuan Chung, "What is it the True
King should respect?"
[Kuan Chung] said, "He respects Heaven."
Duke Huan looked up at the sky.
Kuan Chung said, "What I called Heaven is not the blue void
of the sky. The True King regards the people as Heaven. When
the people are with him, there is peace. When they support him,
he is strong. When they disapprove of him, he is in peril. When
they rebel against him, he is lost. The Ode says,[2]
People [who he thinks] are not good
Hate him with one accord.[3]
When the people all with one accord hate their ruler, there has
never been an instance when he was not lost."
