《韩非子·用人》
放弃法术而凭主观办事，就是尧也不能治理好一个国家；不要规矩而胡乱猜测，就是奚仲也不能做好一个轮子；废弃尺寸而比较长短，就是王尔也不能做到半数符合标准。
释法术而心治，尧不能正一国，去规矩而妄意度，奚仲不能成一轮；废尺寸而差短长，王尔不能半中。
If one discards law and ordinance and relies solely on personal judgment, even Yao would be unable to govern a state; if one discards compasses and calipers and guesses at measurements, even Xi Zhong would be unable to make so much as a wheel; if one discards ruler and measuring rod and compares lengths directly, even Wang Er would be unable to get half of them right.