《史记·七十列传·司马相如列传》
把人民从水深火热中拯救出来，尊奉皇上的美德，挽救衰败的社会，继承周代已经断绝的业绩，这是天子的当务之急。
夫拯民於沈溺，奉至尊之休德，反衰世之陵迟，继周氏之绝业，斯乃天子之急务也。
To relieve the people of their misery, to venerate the sovereign's virtue, to revive a decaying age, to continue the achievements of the Zhou dynasty and be a successor to its kings—these should be the primary concerns of the Son of Heaven.