《淮南子·修务训》
而大部分的人是上不及尧舜那样圣明崇高，下也不至于像商均那样卑鄙不屑，漂亮也比不上西施，说丑也不至于像嫫母，这些芸芸众生都是能教化开导的，训导美化的。
夫上不及尧舜，下不及商均，美不及西施，恶不若嫫母，此教训之所谕也，而芳泽之所施。
The great majority of people are neither as enlightened and majestic as Yao and Shun, or as mean and unworthy as Shangjun. They are neither as beautiful as Xi Shi, nor as ugly as Mo Mu. This great, unnumbered mass of people can all be taught and corrected, cultivated and civilized.