《论衡·卷十四·状留篇》
要是地方长官贤明先王之道就能实行，那么是俗吏驮贤儒，贤儒骑俗吏。
将明道行，则俗吏载贤儒，贤儒乘俗吏。
If the local official is wise and puts the Way of the Sages into practice, then the vulgar official carries the wise Confucian on his back, and the wise Confucian rides the vulgar official.