蓋天下之治亂，不在一姓之興亡，而在萬民之憂樂。是故桀、紂之亡，乃所以為治也；秦政、蒙古之興，乃所以為亂也；晉、宋、齊、梁之興亡，無與於治亂者也。

The health of a nation should not be measured by the drama of its ruling elite. It has everything to do with the well-being of the ordinary people.