If you listen to it, you will be clear, and if you believe partially, where will it come from? What

The sources of both listening and believing are as follows.

Source 2: Tang Dynasty "Zizhi Tongjian: The Second Year of Tang Taizong's Zhenguan". The specific content is: Shang asked Wei Zheng and said: "What is the master of the people, what is the light, and what is the dark?" He said: "If you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you believe partially, you will be dark."

If you listen to it, you will be clear, and if you believe it, you will be dark": you usually have to listen to opinions from many sides in order to distinguish between right and wrong; If you just listen to others unilaterally, you will be ignorant.

If you also listen to it, it will be clear, and if you listen partially, it will be dark. If you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you listen partially, you will be dark. From "New Tang Dynasty Book: The Biography of Wei Zheng".

Wei Zheng, the word Xuancheng, was a native of Guantao (now Guantao County, Hebei). He was a political activist and historian in the early Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, he served as a counselor.

He was very knowledgeable, and dared to give advice and suggestions to the emperor, and his prestige in the imperial court was very high, and Tang Taizong also respected him very much. Once, Tang Taizong asked him: What is the way to know for you?

Why lose it? Wei Zheng said: Jun is so clear, and he listens; Therefore, it is dark, and partiality is also.

This dialogue is recorded in more detail in volume 192 of the Zizhi Tongjian compiled by Sima Guang in the Northern Song Dynasty. It said that Wei Zheng was a great sect of Tang at that time: if you listen to it, you will be clear, and if you believe it, you will be dark.

And take the two virtuous ancient emperors Yao and Shun and the three faint monarchs Qin II, Emperor Wu of Liang, and Emperor Yang of Sui as examples to illustrate. Han Wang Fu's "Theory of the Hidden Husband: Light and Dark": The reason why the king is clear is also listening; Therefore, those who are dark are biased to believe.

Zizhi Tongjian: The Second Year of Tang Taizong's Zhenguan": "I asked Wei Hui and said: 'What is the reason for the master, and what is the dark?'

He said: "If you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you believe partially, you will be dark." "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" eighty-three chapters:

Liang said: 'Gu Yun: "If you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you believe partially, you will be dark."

I hope Your Majesty will check it. This idiom means that by listening to a wide range of opinions, we can understand the truth of the matter and make correct judgments, and if we only listen to the opinions of one side, we will not understand the truth and draw wrong conclusions. He warned people to listen to a wide range of opinions and not to trust one person in order to get things done.

Meaning: we must listen to the opinions of all parties at the same time in order to understand things correctly; If we only believe in one-sided words, we will inevitably make one-sided mistakes.

From: "Zi Nai Liang Zhi Tongjian: Tang Taizong Zhenguan Two Years".

Original text: "Shang (Tang Taizong) asked Wei Zheng and said: 'What is the reason for the master of the people, and what is the darkness?' He said: "If you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you believe partially, you will be dark." ’”

Interpretation: Tang Taizong asked Wei Zheng: "How can the monarch distinguish between right and wrong, and how can he be confused?" Wei Zheng replied: "If you listen to opinions extensively, you can distinguish between right and wrong, and if you believe in one person, you will be confused."

Modern refers to the right and wrong of a certain thing. If you think about it from a positive point of view, it will be very clear, but if you analyze it from the dark side of your heart, it will be very confusing.

It means that it is necessary to listen to the opinions of all parties at the same time in order to understand things correctly; If we only believe in one-sided words, we will inevitably make one-sided mistakes.

Listening is clear, and partiality is dark.

Pinyin] [ jiān tīng zé míng, piān xìn zé àn ]

Explanation] Only by listening to the opinions of all parties can we distinguish between right and wrong; Listening to only one side of the story is prone to one-sidedness.

Example] Listen to opinions from many sides to distinguish between right and wrong; Listening only to the opinions of one side or face to believe it is true, it is often necessary to make wrong judgments.