村民营救秦穆公
子曰：“为政以德，譬如北辰，居其所，而众星共之。”
So this phrase means that as a high-ranked person in society, you must act reasonably and with respect towards others, even if you think they are lowly and not worthy of it. In other words, you have to set an example. That way, other people will also act with respect towards you, and help you with your troubles. In the story, the villagers eat the emperor's horse because they are really hungry and do not know it is the emperor's horse. The soldiers are just about to kill all of them when the emperor says it's okay and lets them all go. So in the end, when the emperor and all his soldiers are losing the war and getting massacred, the villagers charge in to help, and they win the battle and the enemy is defeated. And the emperor is really happy because he sees that there's a reward for being nice.
So this phrase means that as a high-ranked person in society, you must act reasonably and with respect towards others, even if you think they are lowly and not worthy of it. In other words, you have to set an example. That way, other people will also act with respect towards you, and help you with your troubles. In the story, the villagers eat the emperor's horse because they are really hungry and do not know it is the emperor's horse. The soldiers are just about to kill all of them when the emperor says it's okay and lets them all go. So in the end, when the emperor and all his soldiers are losing the war and getting massacred, the villagers charge in to help, and they win the battle and the enemy is defeated. And the emperor is really happy because he sees that there's a reward for being nice.
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