《国语·晋语·臼季举冀缺》
臼季回答说： 作为国家的贤良之才，应该不计较他前辈的罪恶。因此以前舜惩治罪人，处死了鮌；后来举拔人才，却起用了鮌的儿子大禹。
对曰： 国之良也，灭其前恶，是故舜之刑也殛鮌，其举也兴禹。
Xu Ji answered: "As an excellent talent in the country, one should not care about his/her ancestors' crimes. Therefore in the past, Shun punished the criminal Xun and killed him; later, when he promoted talents, he employed Xun's son, Yu.