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Condition 1: Contains text "取其所長棄其所短故杞梓連抱而有數尺之朽良工不棄何也" Matched:1.
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居衛

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1 居衛:
子思居衛,言苟變於衛君,曰:「其材可將五百乘,君任軍旅,率得此人,則無敵於天下矣。」衛君曰:「吾知其材可將,然變也嘗為吏,賦於民而食人二鷄子,以故弗用也。」子思曰:「夫聖人之官人,猶大匠之用木也。取其所長,棄其所短,故杞梓連抱而有數尺之朽,良工不棄,何也?知其所妨者細也。卒成不訾之器。今君處戰國之世,選爪牙之士,而以二卵焉棄干城之將。此不可使聞於鄰國者也。」衛君再拜,曰:「謹受教矣。」

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