《吕氏春秋·论·士容论》
不会种田的人，他们间苗时，去掉先生的壮苗而留下后生的弱苗，结果收不到粮食而只能收些秕子。
不知稼者，其耨也，去其兄而养其弟，不收其粟而收其秕。
People who do not know how to farm, when they thin out seedlings, remove the strong seedlings that emerge first and leave the weak seedlings that emerge later, which results in no grain and only empty husks.