安居乐业

Live in Peace and Work in Contentment

安定地生活， 愉快地工作。“安居”，安于居所，指平平安安地生活。 “乐业”，乐于本业，以自己的职守为乐，指快乐地从事自己的本职工作。形容国家、社会治理得非常好，天下太平无事，人们各得其所，各安生计，幸福快乐。

Live a stable life and work happily. Anju (安居) literally means a secure house and by extension living a happy life. Leye (乐业) means enjoying one's work. Together they refer to the general state of good governance, with peace prevailing and everyone in their proper place, satisfied with work and content with life.

▌引例

普天之下，赖我而得生育，由我而得富贵，安居乐业，长养子孙，天下晏然，皆归心于我矣。（仲长统《理乱篇》，见《后汉书·仲长统传》）

If I can ensure that all the people under heaven survive and develop, are well- off, live in peace and work in contentment, and raise their children in a secure world, then they will willingly pledge allegiance to me.

仓廪实而知礼节

When the Granaries Are Full, the People Follow Appropriate Rules of Conduct.

“仓廪”是古代储藏米谷的地方或设施。“仓廪实”“衣食足”指粮食储备充足，民众不愁吃穿，代指人们生产、生活所需的物质条件非常充足，即物质文明发展到一定阶段；“礼节”“荣辱”指社会的礼仪规矩和内心的道德准则，包括了制度文明和精神文明。

When the Granaries Are Full, the People Follow Appropriate Rules of Conduct. Here “granaries” and “eat and wear” mean the material conditions of life, while “rules of conduct” and “honor and shame” represent the social and moral principles of a society, as well as the systems and spiritual culture that underpin it.

▌引例

仓廪实则知礼节，衣食足则知荣辱。（《管子·牧民》）

When the granaries are full, the people follow appropriate rules of conduct, and when there is enough to eat and wear, the people know honor and shame.