《管子·法法》
既然，被他用的多就高，用的少就低，那么，君主那有不希望更多的人民为己所用呢？
然则为之用者众则尊，为之用者寡则卑，则人主安能不欲民之众为己用也？
Now, if the one used by many is high and the one used by few is humble, is there any monarch who would not want his people, or as many of them as possible, to be used by him?