《韩非子·奸劫弑臣》
君主不用法术来驾驭他的臣下，即使年龄高而资质好，大臣也还要得势擅自处理和决断事情，而各为各的私人要事忙碌，害怕君主亲戚和豪杰之士借助于君主的力量来约束和诛罚自己，所以杀掉贤良成年的君主而拥立幼小懦弱的君主，废掉正宗嫡子而立不该继位的人。
人主无法术以御其臣，虽长年而美材，大臣犹将得势，擅事主断，而各为其私急。而恐父兄毫杰之士，借人主之力，以禁诛于己也，故杀贤长而立幼弱，废正的而立不义。
The monarch does not use magic to control his subjects. Even if he is old and has good qualifications, his ministers will have to gain power and handle and decide things on their own. They will be busy with their own personal affairs and be afraid of the monarch's relatives and powerful people. With the help of the monarch's power, he will restrain and punish himself, so he will kill the virtuous and mature monarch and support the young and weak monarch, and abolish the legitimate legitimate son and establish the person who should not succeed.