《晏子春秋》有这么一段记载:历任齐国三公大夫的晏子委派高纠为自己管理家政,三年之后把他辞去了。身边人问晏子“:高纠为你做事整整三年,你不仅不提拔他,反而把他赶走,他有什么过错呢?”晏子回答说:“只有圣人才谈得上十全十美。我晏婴是一个出身卑微的人,如果身边没有人随时替我指出缺点错误,我在礼、义、廉、耻等方面将存 ”Yan Zi Chun Qiu“ has such a passage: Yan Zi, who served as the doctor of the Three Kingdoms of Qi State, assigned Gao Zheng to manage his domestic affairs for himself and resigned after three years. People around asked Yanzi ”: Gao Zheng work for you for three full years, you not only do not promote him, but to get rid of him, what is wrong with him?“ Yanzi replied: ”Only the saints talked about perfect. I Yan Ying is a humble person, if no one around me at any time for the shortcomings wrong, I will save, righteousness, cheap, shame and so will save