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Sep 15, 2015 1 min

人浮于事

from 成语典故

人浮于事 【释义】原指人的才能超过所得的俸禄。后比喻人员太多超过了工作的需要。 【出处】汉·戴圣《礼记·坊记》 《礼记·坊记》有这么一段话:“故君子与其使食浮于人也,宁使人浮于食。”注:食谓禄也,在上曰浮。禄胜己则近贪,己胜禄则近廉。‛ 其大意是说:俸禄和职位超过了自己的能力和贡献,那就是类似于贪污;自己的能力和贡献超过了俸禄和职位,就近似于廉洁。因此,古时的“君子”宁肯让自己浮在俸禄的上面,也不愿让俸禄浮在自己的上面。 “人浮于事”这个成语是从“人浮于食”演化而来的,而且今义和原义也有了很大的差别。

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