《六韬·武韬·顺启》
太公回答说： 器量盖过天下，然后才能包容天下；诚信盖过天下，然后才能约束天下；仁爱盖过天下，然后才能怀柔天下；恩惠盖过天下，然后才能保有天下；权势盖过天下，然后才能不失天下；遇事果断毫不犹疑，就象天体运行那样不能改变，象四时更替那样不可变化一样；这六个条件都具备了，然后就可以治理天下。
太公曰： 大盖天下，然后能容天下；信盖天下，然后能约天下；仁盖天下，然后能怀天下；恩盖天下，然后能保天下；权盖天下，然后能不失天下；事而不疑，则天运不能移，时变不能迁。此六者备，然后可以为天下政。
Jiang Ziya replied: If your talent and ability are greater than those of the world, then you can accommodate the world; if your integrity and truthfulness are greater than those of the world, then you can restrain the world; if your benevolence and love are greater than those of the world, then you can civilize the world; if your kindness and favor are greater than those of the world, then you can protect the world; if your authority and power are greater than those of the world, then you will not lose the world; if you are decisive in what you do, so that you cannot alter it any more than you can alter the orbit of the stars in heaven, or change the order of the four seasons, then you can govern the world. If you possess these six qualities, then you can govern the world.