《管子·君臣上》
所以，对于平民百姓，应当在他们的父兄中间评量其劳动，应当就君臣的大义上面来听取其言论，然后官吏评选其德才，献给君主。
是故百姓量其力于父兄之间，听其言于君臣之义，而官论其德能而待之。
Therefore, for the common people, their labour should be evaluated among their fathers and brothers, and their speeches should be heard in terms of the righteousness of the monarch and his subjects. Then the officials will evaluate their virtues and talents, and present them to the emperor.