《韩非子·八说》
酸甜咸淡究竟如何，如果不亲自用嘴品尝而取决于主管饭食的官员，厨师们就会轻视君主而尊重小官了。
酸甘咸淡，不以口断而决于宰尹，则厨人轻君而重于宰尹矣。
How sour, sweet, salty and bland is something? If you don't personally taste it but rely on the official in charge of the food, the cooks will despise the monarch and respect the petty official.