《智囊(选录)·闺智部·乐羊子妻》
他的妻子拿着剪刀走到织布机旁边，对乐羊子说： 这匹绢布是从一丝一线累积而成尺寸，再从尺寸累积而成丈，最后成为一匹，现在如果我剪掉织布机只织到一半的布，那么以前所织的布，就全都成为没有用的废物了。
妻乃引刀趋机而言曰： 此织自一丝而累寸，寸而累丈，丈而累匹。今若断斯机，则前功尽捐矣!
His wife took scissors and went to the loom. She said to Le Yangzi, “This piece of silk cloth is accumulated from threads and inches and, at the end, accumulated into a piece. Now, if I cut the half-finished cloth on the loom, all the threads which I have made before will become useless waste.