The rule of an enlightened monarch is to focus on hearing criticisms, not praise.
This sentence generally means that a truly wise ruler wants to hear about their own faults, not compliments.
Upon reading this, Wei Yuan paused and reflected on himself, but found no apparent flaws, so he continued reading further.
After another hour, Wei Yuan finally closed the book "Jianyuan Political Essentials" and walked out of the quiet room.
No matter how busy he was, Wei Yuan always spared some time daily to read classics and historical books; he always gained something from reading. He realized that many real-world problems had appeared in history multiple times, with both successes and failures recorded in historical texts.
Wei Yuan discovered he had recently developed a strong interest in reading the biographies of founding monarchs.
