刻削之道,鼻莫如大、目莫如小。鼻大可小,小不可大也;目小可大,大不可小也。举事亦然,为其后不可复者也,则事寡败矣。——《韩非子·说林下》 [译文]雕刻的方法,刻鼻子不如先大一点,刻眼睛不如先小一点。鼻子大了可以改小,刻小了就不可以变大了;眼睛小了可以改大,刻大了就不可以变小了。办别的事情也是这样,如果事先能够注意那些日后不可挽回的情况,那么事情就很少会失败了。 The way of carving, like a big nose, Mo Mo small. Nose can be small, small can not be big; small can be big, big also. The same is true, for later can not be recovered, then the matter defeated. - “Han Feizi said under the forest” [engraved method of engraving, engraved nose is better than a little older, engraved eyes than the first smaller. Big nose can be small, carved small can not be bigger; small eyes can be bigger, carved big can not be smaller. Doing other things is the same. If we can pay attention to those irretrievable circumstances in the future, then things will seldom fail.