《贞观政要·卷一·论政体》
国君要是不尊天事地，不祭祀社稷之神，不巩固边防，外不结交诸侯，内又丧失民心，一旦国破家亡，我这个打鱼人，即使拥有你丰厚的赏赐，也得不到保全啊。 
君不尊天，不事地，不敬社稷，不固四海，外失礼于诸侯，内逆民心，一国流亡，渔者虽有厚赐，不得保也。 
"If a prince does not reverence Heaven and Earth," said the fisherman, "does not worship the spirits of the land and grain, does not make the frontiers strong, does not make alliances with the other princes, and loses the support of his own people – if the state is destroyed, then even if I, a fisherman, were to receive a great reward from you, how could I keep it?" 