For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars,
one by one; but the general counsels,
and the plots and marshaling of affairs,
come best from those that are learned;
To spend too much time in studies, is sloth;
to use them too much for ornament, is affectation;
to make judgement only by their rules,
is the humour of a scholar.
行家里手虽能事无巨细--予以处理或判明是非,
但运筹全局、合理谋划则少不了茂士英才。
读书费时过多,无异于懒惰;装饰之用过滥,显得矫揉造作;
办事只知照本宣科,实为书呆子气。