《后汉书·列传·王充王符仲长统列传》
现在选拔人才，一定要严加考核其实绩，有小毛病的，不必勉强掩盖其过失，他们一进一退，一默一语，各有自己的方式，那么萧何、曹参、周勃、韩信这类文臣武将，哪能不会到来；吴、邓、梁、窦等类人才，踮起脚跟就可看到。
今使贡士必核以实，其有小疵，勿强衣饰，出处默语，各因其方，则萧、曹、周、韩之伦，何足不致，吴、邓、梁、窦之属，企踵可待。
Now to select talented people, one must strictly assess their actual performance, those with minor flaws need not be forcibly obscured; advancing and retreating, remaining silent and speaking, each has their own way, thus literati and generals like Xiao He, Cao Can, Zhou Bo, and Han Xin, how could they not arrive; talents like Wu, Deng, Liang, and Dou, one can see by raising on tiptoe.