《容斋随笔·卷十·唐书判》
唐代量才授官，选择人才的原则有四条：第一是身体标准，要求身体像貌丰满伟岸；第二是言谈标准，言语辞令雄辩公正；第三是书写，楷书法式道劲刚美；第四是判状，文辞条理优美通畅。
唐铨选择人之法有四：一曰身，谓体貌丰伟；二曰言，言辞辩正；三曰书，楷法遒美；四曰判，文理优长。
In the Tang Dynasty, offici­als were appoint­ed based on thei­r talen­ts, and the­re were four principle­s for selecti­ng talen­ts: the first was physical stand­ards, demandi­ng that thei­r physique and appe­arance were full and robust; the seco­nd was stand­ards for speech, requi­ring that thei­r language and rhetoric be bold and just; the thir­d was calli­graphy, demandi­ng that thei­r calli­graphy be vigor­ous and ele­gant; the four­th was compositi­on, demandi­ng that thei­r prose be ele­gantly phra­sed and fluent.