《后汉书·本纪·显宗孝明帝纪》
今赐天下男子爵位，每人两级；三老、孝悌、力田每人三级，爵过八级，可以移授予子或同母兄弟、同母兄弟的儿子；以及无户口的流浪人想自归首的，每人一级；鳏、寡、孤、独、患绝症的，每人发粟十斛。
其赐天下男子爵，人二级；三老、孝悌、力田人三级；爵过公乘，得移与子若同产、同产子；及流人无名数欲自占者人一级；鳏、寡、孤、独、笃癃粟，人十斛。
Today, I grant all men in the world two levels of knighthood each; three elders, filial piety, and farming each have three levels; knighthood above eight levels can be transferred to children or brothers and sisters of the same mother, as well as sons of brothers and sisters of the same mother; and unaccountable vagrants who want to come back themselves are given one level each; the widowed, widowed, orphaned, lonely, and terminally ill receive ten cereals each.