《吕氏春秋·论·不苟论》
由于忠正耿介的臣民在，所以天子有时不能胜过小民，占有天下有时不能胜过一个普通国家。
故天子有不胜细民者，天下有不胜千乘者。
Because there are loyal and upright ministers, the emperor sometimes cannot win over the common people, and the possession of the world sometimes cannot win over just one country.