识人别出错。识错人，这是最糟糕的错误，也是最易犯的错误。宁可在商品的价格上受骗，也不能在其质量上受骗。相比与其他事物打交道，与人打交道尤其要看到本质。识人与辨货不同，需要洞悉他人内心深处的情感，分辨其性格特征，这是一门高深的学问。这就要像钻研书本那样，把人研究透。
do not make mistakes about character. that is the worst and yet easiest error. better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods. in dealing with men, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. to know men is different from knowing things. it is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. men must be studied as deeply as books.
