」簡子曰:「諾。
His attendants said, “Your Lordship has no faults—what is there to reform?” “I gave my agreement not necessarily because I had faults,” replied Jianzi, “but because I am seeking people who will come to me with admonishments.
」左右曰:「君未有過,何更?
」君曰:「吾謂是諾,未必有過也,吾將求以來諫者也;今我卻之,是卻諫者,諫者必止,我過無日矣。」
If I had responded negatively, it would have been the same as rejecting an admonition. Admonishers would then stop coming, and my faults would develop apace.” Hán Wuzi Discontinues a Hunt