《墨子·09章 尚贤(中)》
贤人治理国家，早上朝而晚退朝，审听刑狱，处理政务，所以国家有治而刑法严正；贤人长官，晚寝早起，征收关、市、山林、川泽的税利，以充实官家府库，所以国库充实而财用不散；贤人治理都邑，早出晚归，翻耕种植，多聚豆粟，所以粮食多而人民食用充足，因此国家有治而刑法严正，官府充实而万民富足。
贤者之治国也，蚤朝晏退，听狱治政，是以国家治而刑法正。贤者之长官也，夜寝夙兴，收敛关市、山林、泽粱之利，以实官府，是以官府实而财不散。贤者之治邑也，蚤出莫入，耕稼树艺、聚菽粟，是以菽粟多而民足乎食。故国家治则刑法正，官府实则万民富。
Wise men who govern a country, go early and come late; they try lawsuits, and decide government matters; therefore the country is well governed, and the laws are strict. Wise men who are in command of official departments, go to bed late, and rise early; they collect the tax on the barriers, markets, mountains, forests, rivers, and lakes, to fill the royal treasury; therefore the national treasury is full, and the funds are not exhausted. Wise men who govern towns, go out early, and come home late; they plough, and sow, and store up large quantities of beans and wheat; therefore there is plenty of grain, and the people are well fed; therefore the country is well governed, and the laws are strict, the official departments are well provided for, and the people are rich.