live on the land and eat what it produces 〔said to express one’s gratitude to the monarch〕/食土之毛，誰(shuí)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(zhǎng)的植物，也指谷物；踐：踏，踩；土：這里指國(guó)土。所吃的東西，所居住的土地都是國(guó)君的；也表示生活在某個(gè)區(qū)域，應(yīng)該對(duì)帝王感恩戴德。live in the land and eat what it produces, live on the land and eat what it produces