《左传·襄公·襄公十年》
如果专门赐给下臣，那就是下臣发动诸侯的军队而为自己求得封地了，还有什么罪过比这再大呢？
若惠赐臣，是臣兴诸侯以自封也，其何罪大焉？
If it is a gift specifically given to the humble minister, then the humble minister will have mobilized the armies of the feudal lords to seek a fiefdom for himself; what could be a greater sin than this?