【原文】一年之计，莫如树谷；十年之计，莫如树木；终身之计，莫如树人。一树一获者，谷也；一树十获者，木也；一树百获者，人也。我茍种之，如神用之，举事如神，唯王之门。 《权修》

 

【汉解】 作一年的打算，最好是种植五谷；作十年的打算，最好是种植树木；作终身的打算，最好是培育人材。种谷，是一种一收；种树，是一种十收；培育人材，则是一种百收的事情。如果我们注重培养人材，其效用将是神奇的；而如此举事收得神效的，只有王者之门才能够做到。

 

【英译】When planning for one year, there is nothing better than planting grain. When planning for ten years, there is nothing better than plating trees. When planning for a lifetime, there is nothing better than planting men. Grain is something that is planted once and products only a single harvest. Trees are things that are planted once but may produce ten harvests. Men are things that are planted once but may produce a hundred harvests. Having once planted them, Spiritlike I make use of them. To undertake affairs as would the spirits, such is the gate to kingliness.