《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪二十九》
裴光庭开始奏请采用依照年资升迁之制，官吏各根据任职期满罢官后经过铨选的次数而集于吏部，官职高的需经过的铨选次数少，官职低的需经过的铨选次数多，不管能力如何，达到规定的铨选次数就注拟官职，晋级都要按规定的年限，不得逾越，只要不是受到处分的，都可以升级，没有降级的。那些平庸愚笨，长期不能升迁的官员对此都很高兴，称这办法是 圣书 ；但那些才智出众的人没有一个不怨怒哀叹的。
光庭始奏用循资格，各以罢官若干选而集，官高者选少，卑者选多，无问能否，选满即注，限年蹑级，毋得逾越，非负谴者，皆有升无降；其庸愚沉滞者皆喜，谓之 圣书 ，而才俊之士无不怨叹。
Pei Guangting began to request the implementation of the system of promotion based on seniority, with each official gathering at the Ministry of Personnel after completing the term of office and going through a number of evaluations; those with high official positions would go through only a few evaluations, and those with low official positions would go through more, and everyone would be assigned a post as long as they completed the required number of evaluations regardless of their ability; and every promotion had to follow the prescribed number of years and could not be done ahead of time, and everyone who was not subject to a penalty could be promoted, and no one would be demoted. Those mediocre and dull officials who had not been promoted for a long time were delighted by this, and called this measure the 'sacred mandate'; but there was not a single intelligent and talented person who did not resent or lament this.