《韩非子·诡使》
现在利禄不是没有，民众却不受君主感化；威权不是不存在，民众却不去服从；官府不是没有法令，但办事时却没有严格按照明文规定。
今利非无有也，而民不化上；威非不存也，而下不听从；官非无法也，而治不当名。
Nowadays, benefits and rewards do exist, but the people are not motivated by the monarch's favors; authority does exist, but the people do not obey; official laws and regulations do exist, but they are not strictly implemented in government affairs.