《论衡·卷三·偶会篇》
这并非文王、高宗为二位臣子而生，吕望、傅说为两位君主而出，而是君主英明臣子贤德，光耀相互辉映，上君下臣都是善于治理国家，度数相互一致的缘故。
非文王、高宗为二臣生，吕望、傅说为两君出也。君明臣贤，光曜相察；上修下治，度数相得。
This was not because King Wen and Emperor Gaozong were born for these two ministers, or because Lü Wang and Fu Yue emerged for these two sovereigns. Rather, it was because the sovereigns were wise and the ministers were virtuous, their brilliance resonating with each other, and the sovereigns and ministers were all skilled at governing the country, their calculations harmonizing with each other.