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司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 192, Entry 6

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) · Decision · Leadership · History · Health

上令封德彝舉賢,久無所舉。上詰之,對曰:「非不盡心,但於今未有奇才耳。」上曰:「君子用人如器,各取所長,古之致治者,豈借才於異代乎?正患己不能知,安可誣一世之人!」德彝慚而退。御史大夫杜淹奏「諸司文案恐有稽失,請令御史就司檢校。」上以問封德彝,對曰:「設官分職,各有所司。果有愆違,御史自應糾舉;若遍歷諸司,搜括疵纇,太為煩碎。」淹默然。上問淹:「何故不復論執?」對曰:「天下之務,當盡至公,善則從之。德彝所言,真得大體,臣誠心服,不敢遂非。」上悅曰:「公等各能如是,朕復何憂!」

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