〖Perfectly Impartial〗
    King Jin Pinggong once asked his minister Qi Huangyang，“I am going to appoint a magistrate and send him to govern Nanyang County．Who do you think will fit the of-fice?”
    Qi answered without hesitation，“Xie Hu may be the choice．”
    The King feit surprised and said，“Isn’t Xie Hu your personal enemy?”

    大公无私
    晋平公有一次问大臣祁黄羊说：“南阳县缺个县长，你看，应该派谁去当比较合适呢?”
    祁黄羊毫不迟疑地同答说：“解狐。”
    平公惊奇地问：“解狐不是你的仇人吗?”

    “Yes，”Qi replied，“but Your Majesty，you ask me who will fit the post，not who is my enemy．”
    So Xie Hu took office，and he did do a lot of good things for common people in：Nanyang County．
    Some time later when the King inquired who could take command of the army，Qi responded readily，“Qi Wu is most suited．”
    The King was puzzled again，said，“Well，I wonder if Qi Wu is your son．”

    祁黄羊回答说：“是的，但陛下问我谁合适，并没有问谁是我的仇人呀!”
    于是，解狐就被派到南阳县上任了。到任后，他确实为百姓办了许多好事。
    过了一些日子，当平公需要一个人去指挥军队的时候，祁黄羊说：“祁午能够胜任。”
    平公又奇怪起来了，问道：“祁午不是你的儿子吗?”


    “Yes，he is，”Qi answered，“but what has that to do with the point at this issue? Your Majesty，you just ask who is competent as a general，and I aired my opinion．”
    So Qi Wu was appointed a general，which later proved one of the wisest appoint-ments．
    Hearing about this，Confucius spoke highly of Qi for his recommendation in consid-eration of one’s virtue and talent，brushing aside any thought of whether one was his en-emy or relative．He said that it was really perfectly impartial．

    祁黄羊说：“是的，但这和推荐有什么关系呢?您只问我谁可以胜任，我就表达了我的想法。”
    平公就派了祁午去做指挥官，他的表现，证明了这是一个最明智的选择。
    孔子听到这两件事，十分赞赏祁黄羊“内举不避亲，外举不避仇”的荐才标准，并且说：“这才够得上‘大公无私’呀!”