孔子的学生子贱有一次奉命担任某地方的官吏。当他到任以后,却时常弹琴自娱,不管政事,可是他所管辖的地方却被治理得井井有条,民兴业旺。这使那位卸任的官吏百思不得其解,因为他每天即使起早摸黑,从早忙到晚,也没有把那个地方管好。于是他请教子贱:“为什么你能治理得这么好?”子贱回答说:“你只靠自 Confucius’s son was once cheaply ordered to serve as a local official. When he took office, but often play piano entertaining, regardless of political affairs, but his jurisdiction has been governed in good order, people prosperous. This made the outgoing official unable to understand why he did not manage that place from morning to night, as soon as possible. So he asked sub-cheap: “Why can you manage so well?” Sub-cheap replied: "You rely only on