《梁书·列传·卷四十八》
天监七年，高祖又下诏说：建立国家，做万民的君主，树立教化，推行教育是首要的事情；培养学问，砥砺德行，经学是必须经由的途径。
七年，又诏曰： 建国君民，立教为首，砥身砺行，由乎经术。
In the seventh year of Tianjian, Emperor Wu said in an edict: “In founding a nation, being the sovereign of the people, the establishment of education and the promotion of teachings are the most important things; the nurturing of knowledge and the cultivation of morality naturally go through the Confucian classics.