In the Biographies of the Money-Makers, Sima Qian clearly demonstrated his opinion of government should know how to lead the producing activity that commoners do, since Sima Qian thought that only when people were rich and comfort enough do they started learning virtual rites. Sima Qian thought that government here should play a crucial role for leading the commoners to conduct their production activity properly so that the current officials were maintain their administration. Thus, the power of the ruler of the states could last longer. By advocating this opinion, Sima Qian mentioned the example of Grand Duke Wang stating that each people in the society should perform their own function for achieving the prosperity of economy. Besides
