請成相
A Song of Counsel
請成相：世之殃，愚闇愚闇墮賢良！人主無賢，如瞽無相，何倀倀！
Let me sing a working song: the world's calamity — stupidity and darkness, stupidity and darkness bring down the worthy! A ruler without worthy ministers is like a blind man without a guide — how he stumbles!
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The Cheng Xiang is unique in the Xunzi as a work composed in the rhythm of folk work songs (相, a percussive instrument beaten during labor). Xunzi uses this popular form to convey his political philosophy in a memorizable, rhythmic format — an early example of using popular culture for philosophical education.