when the ruler dies,his policies will cease to function ? 其人存，則其政舉；其人亡，則其政息。(《禮記·中庸》)Let there be the men and the government will flourish; but without the men,their government decays and ceases.
人亡政息rén wánɡ zhènɡ xī
一個(gè)人死了，他所制定的政策也隨之停止了。when a man was dend, and his administration was cast away