《新唐书·列传·卷八十二》
选拔时花气力费精神，任命时严肃不苟。然后考核好坏，赏罚切实，受赏的人不认为随意，应当责罚的不敢推卸罪责。授权委任专一，那得过且过的念头就会消失。
劳神于拔选，端拱于委任，然后核否臧，信赏罚，受赏者不为滥，当罚者不敢辞，付授专则苟且之心息矣。
If effort and thought are invested during the selection process and appointments are made with care, then performance can be assessed fairly and rewards and punishments can be meted out accordingly. Those who are rewarded will not feel they have been treated arbitrarily and those who are punished will not dare to evade their guilt. If responsibilities are delegated clearly and specifically, then any desire to shirk work will disappear.