Confucius praised Ch'i Huang-yang: "He chose people because of their ability; he really was fair and square."
孔子十分稱讚祁黃羊。祁黃羊做事公正清明，推薦人選完全是以才能來做標準，並不因對方是自己的仇人，就心存偏見不推薦他﹘ ﹘也不因是自己的兒子，怕人非議而不推薦。像祁黃羊這樣就事論事、公正嚴明的人，稱得上是「大公無私」。