《商君书·错法》
因此，英明的君主使用他的臣子和民众时，重用他们，一定是因为他们对国家的功劳，奖赏他们一定要加在他们在功绩上。
是以明君之使其臣也，用必出于其劳，赏必加于其功。
Therefore, a wise monarch, when employing his ministers and commoners, makes full use of them because of their services to the country, and he bestows rewards upon them based on their achievements.