live on the land and eat what it produces 〔said to express one’s gratitude to the monarch〕/食土之毛，誰非君臣？ (《左傳·昭六年》)What individual of all whom the ground supports is there that is not the ruler’s subject?
食毛踐土shí máo jiàn tǔ
毛：指地上生長的植物，也指谷物；踐：踏，踩；土：這里指國土。所吃的東西，所居住的土地都是國君的；也表示生活在某個區(qū)域，應(yīng)該對帝王感恩戴德。live in the land and eat what it produces, live on the land and eat what it produces