《淮南子·主术训》
这样，君主原本有限的统御群臣之术就在日常事务中被削弱，办事处事就不能合理有效；君主每天陷于繁琐具体的国务之中，就不能很好地控制掌握天下大事。
数穷于下，则不能伸理；行堕于国，则不能专制。
In this way, the monarch's originally limited technique of ruling the ministers is weakened by the daily affairs, and it is impossible to handle matters reasonably and effectively; the monarch is trapped in the daily trivial and specific state affairs, and cannot control the major events of the world very well.