北宋熙宁年间,含山县知县凌冲,守律甚严。不是自己的东西,一件也不拿。当他任满调离时,整理行装,发现行囊中一方砚台不是自己的物品。于是对仆人说道:“这砚不是我来时所带之物,你速速送还原处。”凌冲两袖清风,如此来,如此去。【评注】案上一砚,不为贵,卸任临行送还原处,也不足怪。然而,添上“速速”二字,足见其重视。孟子说:“可以取,可以无取,取伤廉。”看来,为政清廉自古以来就是高洁之士崇尚的美德。其实,廉风不立,贪风必行,凌冲退砚,志在防微杜渐。 Xining during the Northern Song Dynasty, Hanshan County magistrate Ling Chong, very strict law. Not their own thing, not to take one. When he was a full tune away, finishing pack, found that one of the bags in the inkstone is not their own items. So he said to the servant: “This is not what I brought the ink, you quickly returned to the original place.” “Ling punch sleeve, so, so go. Commentary】 【case an inkstone, not expensive, retired in the office to return the original, it is not strange. However, adding ”fast“ word, it shows its importance. Mencius said: ”It is advisable to take no fetch and take advantage of it. " It seems that sincerity has always been the noble virtue advocated by noble people. In fact, cheap wind does not stand, the greed will, Ling Chong quit Yan, aiming to prevent micro-gradually.