《左传·襄公十五年》里记载了这样一则有警示意义的故事:春秋战国时间,宋国有一个人得到了一块美玉,把它献给负责城建工作的大夫子罕(名乐喜),子罕不肯接受。献玉的人认为他嫌玉的质地不好,急忙解释说:“我已请琢玉的工匠鉴定过,他们认定为真正的美玉,是一块稀世之宝,所以才敢进献给你。”子罕说:“我把不贪图别人的财物当做‘宝’,而你把美玉当做‘宝’,如果把美玉给了我,我们两人都丧失了宝物,不如让我们各自守住自己的‘宝’吧!”“不贪为宝”的典故,不但使我们看到了一位古时坚持操守、为政以廉的清官形象,也使我们更加明白了“临财莫如廉”的 “Zuo Xianggong fifteen years” recorded such a cautionary tale: Spring and Autumn Period, Song a man got a piece of jade, it is dedicated to the city construction work of the Master Zi (Han Lexi) Child refused to accept. Jade jade people think he is not good texture of jade, hurriedly explained: “I have asked jade carpentry identified, they identified as a real jade, is a rare treasure, so dare to offer to you. Zi Han said: ”I do not seek other people’s property as a ’treasure’, and you put the jade as ’treasure’, if the jade gave me, we both lost the treasure, let us hold our own treasure Let us not only see an ancient official who insisted on integrity and ethics for honest government, but also made us understand more about the idea of ​​“making money at a loss”