《汉书·纪·元帝纪》
赏赐吏六百石以上爵级为五大夫，勤于政事的官吏赐爵二级，继承父后的百姓赐爵一级。女子百户赐牛酒若干，鳏寡孤独及高年赐帛若干。 
赐吏六百石以上爵五大夫，勤事吏二级，民一级，女子百户牛、酒，鳏、寡、孤、独、高年帛。 
Officials at rank six hundred shi or above shall be granted the duke title, and officials who are diligent in politics shall be granted two ranks. People who inherit their father’s title shall be granted one rank. Women of a hundred households shall be granted a certain amount of beef and wine; widows, orphans, the elderly, and the disabled shall be granted a certain amount of silk.