《淮南子·诠言训》
能够拥有天下的天子，必定不会失去诸侯国；能够拥有诸侯国的诸侯王，必定不会失去他的家族；而能够治理好自己家族的，也必定不会不注意自身的修养的；能够自身修养的人，也必定不会忽略自身的心性；而能够使自己心体返归本原的，必定不会亏损本性；不亏损本性的人，必定不会迷失 道体 的。
能有天下者必不失其国，能有其国者必不丧其家，能治其家者必不遗其身，能修其身者必不忘其心，能原其心者必不亏其性，能全其性者必不惑于道。
The Son of Heaven who can possess the world will definitely not lose his vassal states; the vassal kings who can possess their vassal states will definitely not lose their families; and those who can govern their families well will definitely not neglect their own self-cultivation; those who can cultivate themselves will definitely not ignore their own nature; and those who can return their own mind and body to the origin will definitely not violate their own nature; those who do not violate their own nature will definitely not lose the body of the Tao.