《幼学琼林·卷四·鸟兽》
人惟有懂得礼仪，才能免遭《诗经》中所言的相鼠这一首诗内的讥刺，如果仅是会讲话，那与禽兽又有什么区别呢？
人惟有礼，庶可免相鼠之刺；若徒能言，夫何异禽兽之心。
Only when one knows how to observe the rites can one escape the same sort of satire as that levelled against the simian in the Book of Songs. If one can merely talk, of what use is it to distinguish between the man and the beast?