《国语·楚语·观射父论绝地天通》
让这些人制定神所处的祭位和尊卑先后，规定祭祀用的牲畜、祭器和服饰，然后让先圣的后代中有功德的，能懂得山川的名位、祖庙的神主、宗庙的事务、昭穆的次序、庄敬的认真、礼节的得当、威仪的规则、容貌的修饰、忠信诚实、祭服洁净，而且能恭敬神明的人，让他们担任太祝。
是使制神之处位次主，而为之牲器时服，而后使先圣之后之有光烈，而能知山川之号、高祖之主、宗庙之事、昭穆之世、齐敬之勤、礼节之宜、威仪之则、容貌之崇、忠信之质、禋洁之服，而敬恭明神者，以为之祝。
Let these people formulate the altar and order of status for the gods, specify the sacrifices, utensils, and costumes used for the sacrifices, and then let the descendants of the sages who have the merits to understand the names of the mountains and rivers, the god masters of the ancestral temples, and the affairs of the ancestral temples. Those who can understand the order of Zhao Mu, be earnest and respectful, and have dignified etiquette, and dignified rules, dignified appearance, loyalty and honesty, clean sacrificial clothes, and respect for gods, let them serve as Tai Zhu.