In The Analects of Confucius, Confucius famously said, "See the sage and Si Qi, but if you don't see the sage, you should reflect on yourself.".

Confucius said, "When you see the sage Si Qi, you should reflect on yourself if you don't see the sage."

Translation:

Confucius said: "When you see a man with virtue and talent, learn from him, hoping to be on par with him; When you see a person without virtue, you must reflect on your own shortcomings in your heart. "

Source: The Analects of Confucius Liren

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Biography of Wei Zhi in the Old Tang Dynasty: "My husband can dress his clothes with copper as a mirror; Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; Taking people as a mirror, you can understand the gains and losses. " Synonym: take people as a guide: take the success or failure of others as your reference.

Taking the bronze mirror as a mirror, excerpted from Biography of Wei Zhi, an ancient book in the Tang Dynasty: it is Taizong's evaluation of Wei Zhi. When a person uses copper as a mirror, he can see whether his clothes and hat are properly dressed. Taking history as a mirror, you can know the reasons for the rise and fall of this country; When a person is a mirror, he can find his own right and wrong. With the death of Wei Zhi, I lost a good mirror. This is the highest evaluation of Wei Zhi's life value.

after Wei Zhi's death, Emperor Taizong wept bitterly. He said, "I have three mirrors, which are bronze mirrors. If you use bronze mirrors, you can dress appropriately. "Take history as a mirror" and use history to reflect the way of governing the country. "We can know how to make a dynasty prosperous and how to make a dynasty fail.

"Take others as a mirror", and use a virtuous minister to warn him that he can "understand gains and losses", understand all his gain and loss policies, and then correct them. Emperor Taizong said that he had these three mirrors. After Wei Zhi died, one of them was broken. From this, we can also see that a wise monarch must cherish and cherish talents very much in order to win the trust of ministers.