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司馬光：Listen Widely, See Clearly
司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷一九二·唐紀八·貞觀二年 · Leadership · Decision · History · Cognition
上問魏徵曰：「人主何為而明，何為而暗？」對曰：「兼聽則明，偏信則暗。」
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https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/資治通鑑/卷192
Locator：卷一九二·唐紀八·貞觀二年 · Verified：2026-10-19 · Verification：Exact match
Reading
Listen widely and you see clearly; trust only one voice and you go dark.
Context
Zizhi Tongjian, volume 192, in the second year of Zhenguan. Wei Zheng cites rulers who trusted a single courtier and were ruined by their isolation from information.
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