《尚书·周书·洪范》
行为不合法则，但没有犯罪的人，你就宽恕他们；假若他们和悦温顺地说： 我遵行美德。 
不协于极，不罹于咎，皇则受之。而康而色，曰： 予攸好德。 
Those whose actions are not in accordance with the law, but have committed no crime, extend leniency to them, if they cheerfully and submissively say, “We will practice virtue.”