《吕氏春秋·览·恃君览》
从前，远古时期没有君主，那时的人民过着群居的生括，只知道母亲而不知道父亲，没有父母兄弟夫妻男女的区别，没有上下长幼的准则，没有进退揖让的礼节，没有衣服鞋子衣带房屋积蓄这些方便人的东西，不具备器械车船城郭险隘这些东西。
昔太古尝无君矣，其民聚生群处，知母不知父，无亲戚兄弟夫妻男女之别，无上下长幼之道，无进退揖让之礼，无衣服履带宫室畜积之便，无器械舟车城郭险阻之备。
In the past, there was no monarch in the ancient times. The people at that time lived a group life, only knowing their mothers but not their fathers, and there was no distinction between parents, brothers, couples, men and women, no rules for precedence, no rituals for advancing and retreating, no clothes, Shoes, belts, houses, savings and other convenient things do not have things such as equipment, cars, ships, cities, and dangerous areas.