《南齐书·列传·卷四十》
国家赖百姓存在，人民靠粮食生存，没有粮食和百姓，哪裹还谈得上政事?
夫国资于民，民资于食，匪食匪民，何以能政？
The country depends on the people, and the people depend on food for survival. Without food and people, what else can we talk about politics?