Chi Huang-yang lived during the Spring and Autumn Period (chūn qiū 春秋时期,770- 476 BC0.

When the king asked him who he thought would be a suitable magistrate for Nan-yang Country, Chi Huang-yang answered, "Shie Hu would definitely do a very good job.

" The king was very surprised at this answer, and asked him, "Isn't Shie Hu your enemy?

How come you're suggesting that he do the job?

"Chi Huang-yang replied, "You only asked me who would make a suitable magistrate for Nan-yang Country; you didn't ask me whether or not Shie Hu was my enemy!

" So the king sent Shie Hu to be the magistrate of Nan-yang Country, and as expected, he did many good things for the people there.

When Confucius heard about this, he praised Chi Huang-yang highly.

When recommending a person for a job, Chi Huang-yang considered only that person's ability.

Even if a person was his enemy, he would still make known that person's good qualities.

Chi Huang-yang was a perfectly fair and impartial person.

春秋时，晋平公有一次问祁黄羊说：南阳县缺个县长，你看，应该派谁去当比较合适呢?

”祁黄羊毫不迟疑地回答说：叫解狐去，最合适了。

他一定能够胜任的!

”平公惊奇地又问他：解狐不是你的仇人吗?

你为什么还要推荐他呢!

”祁黄羊说：你只问我什么人能够胜任，谁最合适;你并没有问我解狐是不是我的仇人呀!

”于是，平公就派解狐到南阳县去上任了。

解狐到任后。

替那里的人办了不少好事，大家都称颂他。

过了一些日子，平公又问祁黄羊说：现在朝廷里缺少一个法官。

你看，谁能胜任这个职位呢?

”祁黄羊说：祁午能够胜任的。

”平公又奇怪起来了，问道：祁午不是你的儿子吗?

你怎么推荐你的儿子，不怕别人讲闲话吗?

”祁黄羊说：你只问我谁可以胜任，所以我推荐了他;你并没问我祁午是不是我的儿子呀!

”平公就派了祁午去做法官。

祁午当上了法官，替人们办了许多好事，很受人们的欢迎与爱戴。

孔子听到这两件事，十分称赞祁黄羊。

孔子说：祁黄羊说得太好了!

他推荐人，完全是拿才能做标准，不因为他是自己的仇人，心存偏见，便不推荐他;也不因为他是自己的儿子，怕人议论，便不推荐。

像黄祁羊这样的人，才够得上说大公无私”啦!

”大公无私【翻译】Perfectly Fair and Impartial.

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