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  1. 大臣隨侍帝王講論政事周禮··考工記》:坐而論道王公士大夫。」抱朴子··》:坐而論道三公有道貧賤。」空談大道理不實晉書··夏侯湛》:卿士耀金帶坐而論道玉階尺牘。」

to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)​