作者：华一言（大陆）

编辑：Gloria Wang  责任编辑：胡丽莉  翻译：程铭

一千年前，宋太祖赵匡胤有言：官吏所食，皆百姓之俸；官吏所享，皆百姓之养。彼时，凡衙门门口，必立石碑，其上镌刻十六字：“尔俸尔禄，民脂民膏。下民易虐，上天难欺。”此言振聋发聩，提醒为政者：权自民出，禄由民供。

然而，千年之后，竟有人反言：“是我们养活了十几亿人，解决了他们的吃穿问题。”此言何其荒谬！

须知，江山之基，系于黎庶；国家之盛，赖于民力。田畴之稼，皆农夫汗水所滋；工厂之火，皆工人辛勤所燃；商贾之智，亦为繁荣所添。是亿万人民，以辛劳与智慧，铸就今日之繁华。岂容倒果为因，将本为职责之事，妄称为恩赐？

“养活十几亿人”之狂语，不独是对百姓血汗的亵渎，更是对历史真义的颠倒。此种心态，暴露出某些权位者的骄矜与轻慢。他们忘却了：权力，乃人民所授；职责，乃为民谋利。为政者非救世之主，不过是人民的公仆。所谓“解决吃穿”，并非恩典，而是人民以血汗与创造力换来的成果。

国家之责，在于为人民开拓道路、营造条件，使人人皆可凭借勤勉，成就尊严而幸福的人生。若有将人民功劳据为己有者，实乃对民心的不敬，对历史的背叛。

Who feeds whom?

Author: Yiyi Hua (Mainland)

Editor: Gloria Wang  Responsible Editor: Lili Hu  Translator: Cheng Ming

Abstract: Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty warned that the salaries of officials all come from the people, and the people are the capital of the state. Nowadays, some people say that “to feed one billion people”, which is actually subversive. The prosperity of the country depends on the hard work of the people. The politician is the servant of the people, not the one who gives grace.

A thousand years ago, Zhao Kuangyin, the ancestor of the Song Dynasty, said that what officials eat is the salary of the people; what officials enjoy is all provided by the people. At that time, a stone tablet must be erected at the gate of the government, and sixteen words will be engraved on it: your salary and your food, is from people’s wealth and people’s harvest. It is easy for the people to abuse, but it is difficult for god to deceive.” This statement is deafening, reminding the politicians that power is out of the people, and the money is provided by the people.

However, a thousand years later, someone said, “We have raised one billion people and solved their food and clothing problems.” How ridiculous this is!

You should know that the foundation of the regime depends on people; the prosperity of the country depends on the power of the people. The crops in the fields are all nurtured by the sweat of farmers; the fire in the factory is ignited by the hard work of workers; the wisdom of merchants is also added by prosperity. It is hundreds of millions of people who have forged today’s prosperity with hard work and wisdom. How can we take the result as a cause and call it a gift for what is originally a duty?

The crazy saying of “feeding more than one billion people” is not only a blasphemy against the blood and sweat of the people, but also a reversal of the true meaning of history. This kind of mentality exposes the arrogance and frivolity of some powerful people. They forgot that power is given by the people; responsibility is for the benefit of the people. The politician is not the Lord of Salvation, but the public servant of the people. The so-called “solving food and clothing” is not a favor, but a result of people’s hard working and creativity.

The responsibility of the country is to find ways to create opportunities for the people of a better life, so that everyone can live a dignified and happy life with diligence. If there is a person who takes the merits of the people for himself, it is actually disrespectful to the people and a betrayal of history.

2025年7月15日

作者：一个有良知的中国人 

编辑：李聪玲  责任编辑：罗志飞  翻译：程铭

习近平：

 你登上权位十三年，曾以“反腐倡廉”、“伟大复兴”为口号，握权在手，万民翘首以待，盼你守法治、促自由、济民生、行德政。可谁知，等来的却是一场噩梦，是一头独裁的猛兽撕裂了改革开放的羽翼，把十四亿人拉入沉默与恐惧的深渊。 

你高呼“新时代”，却让国家回到了“文革”之夜；你毁邓小平留下的集体领导制度，一人独大，党法国法，皆为你脚下泥土；你口口声声“以人民为中心”，却让人民在封控中哭喊，在失业中沉沦，在物价中呻吟，在缄默中窒息。 

经济大厦已倾——民营企业不是被查就是被吞，青年人不是在“摆烂”就是在“润”；大学文凭贬值如废纸，房地产泡沫破裂如幻影，地方财政空虚，债务深渊已至喉咙，你却仍在大撒币，把中国人的血汗钱变成海外腐败政权的贿金与炮灰。 

你的“一带一路”，不是福音而是陷阱；你的“共同富裕”，不是分蛋糕，而是掏口袋。你让全党全军围着你转，天下苍生却无处申冤。 

“官不聊生”，因为体制内人人自危；“民不聊生”，因为体制外处处封锁。你的“伟大斗争”只换来了一个崩塌的现实：社会停滞、思想僵化、技术倒退、民心尽失。天怒人怨，举国皆知。 

今日之中国，不是向上腾飞的巨龙，而是被你缠上锁链、蒙上黑纱、摁进冰窟的病狮。 

我们在此正告你：

你不是中国的救星，而是拖累人民的祸首；

你不是民族的灯塔，而是历史的迷雾！

你必须下台！

必须谢罪！

必须交还被你篡夺的国家未来！ 

这是一个公民最温和、最理性、最文明的呼吁。如果你不听，那就准备好迎接人民更坚定、更广泛、更不可阻挡的觉醒与行动。 

历史不会沉默，人民不会永远忍耐。 

谨此，书于这个风雨欲来的时刻，愿未来的中国，不再有你的阴影！

 （国内来稿）

An open letter to Xi Jinping: You have harmed the country and the people. It’s time to apologize and leave.

July 15, 2025

Abstract: This is an open letter, severely accusing Xi Jinping’s perverse actions under 13 years of dictatorship: undermining the rule of law and people’s livelihood, destroying the economy and freedom, and harming the country and the people. The author called on him to step down and apologize for his sins and return the future of the country and warned that the awakening and struggle of the people would eventually come, and history and conscience would not be silent.

Author: A Chinese with a conscience

Editor: Congling Li  Responsible Editor: Zhifei Luo  Translator: Cheng Ming

Xi Jinping:

You have been in power for thirteen years. With the slogans of “anti-corruption and integrity” and “great rejuvenation”, you have held power in hand, and all the people are waiting for you. I hope you will abide by the rule of law, promote freedom, help people’s livelihood, and govern morally. But who knows that what came was a nightmare. It was a dictatorial beast that tore the wings of reform and opening up and pulled 1.4 billion people into the abyss of silence and fear.

You shouted “new era”, but let the country return to the night of the “Cultural Revolution”; you destroyed the collective leadership system left by Deng Xiaoping, one person alone, the party, France and law, all for your feet; you said “people-centered”, but made the people cry in the lockdown, sink in unemployment, moan in prices, and suffocated in silence. Rest.

The economic building has been dumped – private enterprises are either investigated or swallowed up, and young people are either “rotting” or “moistening”; college diplomas are depreciating like waste paper, real estate bubbles bursting like illusions, local finances are empty, and the abyss of debt have reached their throats, but you are still scattering coins, turning Chinese people’s hard-earned money into overseas corrupt regimes. Bribes and cannon fodder.

Your “Belt and Road” is not a gospel but a trap; your “common prosperity” is not a cake, but a pocket. You let the whole party and the whole army surround you, but the world has nowhere to complain.

“Officials can’t make a living”, because everyone in the system is in danger of themselves; “people can’t make a living”, because everywhere outside the system is blocked. Your “great struggle” has only been exchanged for a collapsed reality: social stagnation, ideological rigidity, technological regression, and the loss of people’s hearts. God’s anger and people’s resentment are known to the whole country.

Today’s China is not a dragon flying up, but a sick lion that is chained, covered with black veil, and pressed into the ice cave by you.

We are here to tell you:

You are not the savior of China, but the scourge that drags down the people.

You are not the beacon of the nation, but the fog of history!

You must step down!

You must apologize!

We must return the future of the country that was usurped by you!

This is the most gentle, rational and civilized appeal of a citizen. If you don’t listen, be ready to welcome the people’s more determined, broader and unstoppable awakening and action.

History will not be silent, and the people will not endure forever.

Sincerely, at this time of storm, may China in the future no longer have your shadow!

(Domestic manuscript)