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太宗说 ：我委任官员以才能为标准，没有才能，即使是像襄邑王神符那样的至亲，也不随意封官；如果是人才，即使像魏征这样的仇人，也不嫌弃。
帝曰： 朕任官必以才，不者，虽亲若襄邑王神符，不妄授；若才，虽仇如魏征，不弃也。
Taizong said, “I appoint officials based on their competence. If they are not competent, even if they are close relatives like the Prince of Xiangyi, Shénfú, I will not casually appoint them to official posts. If they have competence, even if they are enemies like Wèi Zhèng, I will not look at them with aversion.”