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司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 192, Entry 15
司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷192·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之上貞觀元年(丁亥,公元六二七年) · Cognition · Decision · Philosophy · Leadership
有上書請去佞臣者,上問:「佞臣為誰?」對曰:「臣居草澤,不能的知其人,願陛下與群臣言,或陽怒以試之,彼執理不屈者,直臣也,畏威順旨者,佞臣也。」上曰:「君,源也;臣,流也;濁其源而求其流之清,不可得矣。君自為詐,何以責臣下之直乎!朕方以至誠治天下,見前世帝王好以權譎小數接其臣下者,常竊恥之。卿策雖善,朕不取也。」
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