Fri, Feb 5, 2027

子曰：「色厲而內荏，譬諸小人，其猶穿窬之盜也與？」

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陽貨第十七·十七之十二

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癸末春，鄒謙之來越問學，居數日，先生送別於浮峰。是夕與希淵諸友移舟宿延壽寺。秉燭夜坐，先生慨悵不已。 曰：「江濤煙柳，故人倏在百里外矣！」 一友問曰：「先生何念謙之之深也？」 先生曰：「曾子所謂『以能問於不能，以多問於寡，有若無，宜若虛，犯而不校』，若謙之者，良近之矣。」

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卷下·第314条

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文學曰：「古者，貴以德而賤用兵。孔子曰：『遠人不服，則修文德以來之。既來之，則安之。』今廢道德而任兵革，興師而伐之，屯戍而備之，暴兵露師，以支久長，轉輸糧食無已，使邊境之士饑寒於外，百姓勞苦於內。立鹽、鐵，始張利官以給之，非長策也。故以罷之為便也。」

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卷1·本議第一·第6则

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文本弟文昭為校書郎，喜賓客，上聞之不悅；嘗從容謂文本曰：「卿弟過爾交結，恐為卿累；朕欲出為外官，何如？」文本泣曰：「臣弟少孤，老母特所鍾愛，未嘗信宿離左右。今若出外，母必愁悴，倘無元此弟，亦無老母矣。」因歔欷嗚咽。上愍其意而止，惟召文昭嚴戒之，亦卒無過。九月，以諫議大夫褚遂良為黃門侍郎，參預朝政。

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卷197·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之下貞觀十八年（甲辰，公元六四四年）·第15则

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It was only a few years ago that we told you that the operating earnings/equity capital percentage, with proper allowance for a few other variables, was the most important yardstick of single-year managerial performance. While we still believe this to be the case with the vast majority of companies, we believe its utility in our own case has greatly diminished. You should be suspicious of such an assertion. Yardsticks seldom are discarded while yielding favorable readings. But when results deteriorate, most managers favor disposition of the yardstick rather than disposition of the manager.

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1982 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 3

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