《汉书·志·刑法志》
圣人既然自身具有洞察事理的品性，一定通晓天地的思想，制定礼制兴办教育，建立法制设置刑法，动辄顺乎民情，就能依照上天的法则管理大地。
圣人既躬明哲之性，必通天地之心，制礼作教，立法设刑，动缘民情，而则天象地。
Therefore, it is said that the establishment of the etiquette system by the kings of the previous generations was in accordance with the spirit of heaven and in accordance with the nature of the earth.