Confucius's famous saying in "The Analects of Confucius" "When you see the virtuous, think about them; when you see the virtuous, you should reflect on yourself."

Confucius said: "When you see a virtuous person, you should think about it; when you see a virtuous person, you should introspect yourself."

Translation:

Confucius said: "When you see a virtuous person, Those who are talented should learn from him, hoping to be on par with him; when they see someone without virtue, they should reflect on their shortcomings in their hearts."

Source: "The Analects of Confucius·Li Ren"

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"Old Tang Book Wei Zheng Biography": "If you use copper as a mirror, you can dress your clothes; if you use history as a mirror, you can know Use others as a mirror to learn about gains and losses. "Synonyms: Use others as a mirror. Meaning: Use others' successes and failures as a reference for one's own.

Taking the Bronze Mirror as a Mirror, excerpted from "The Biography of Wei Zheng, an Ancient Book of the Tang Dynasty": This is Taizong's evaluation of Wei Zheng. When a person uses copper as a mirror, he can see whether his clothes and hat are properly worn. 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 discover his own right and wrong. With the death of Wei Zheng, I lost a good mirror. This is the highest evaluation of Wei Zheng's life value.

After Wei Zheng died, Tang Taizong cried bitterly. He said: "I have three mirrors, which are bronze mirrors. If you use bronze mirrors, you can dress appropriately. "Lake 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 country prosperous." A dynasty failed.

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