【Source】Zizhi Tongjian • Zhou Ji
【Case Words】 This classic is derived from the "Zizhi Tongjian • Zhou Ji", which is about employing people and observing people. This sentence can be passed down for more than two thousand years to this day, indicating that our ancestors were very particular about their observation of people before employing people. In 403 BC, Marquis Wenhou of Wei one day asked Duan Ganmu (Li Ke) who could serve as chancellor, Wei Cheng, or Zhai Huang. Duan Ganmu talked about the five aspects of observing people: "Living in and seeing their relatives, rich people seeing what they are with, reaching what they do, poor seeing what they do not do, and poor seeing what they do not take, the five are enough to determine it." "Meaning: Usually look at who he is close to, look at who he associates when he is rich, look at who he recommends when he is prominent, look at what he does not do when he is poor, and look at what he does not take when he is poor. These five points alone are enough to see a person clearly.