《礼记·祭统》
所以尸食毕起身离席，就由国君和卿四人吃尸剩下的祭品；国君吃罢起身，就由大夫六人吃国君吃剩的祭品，这叫做臣吃君之剩余；大夫吃罢起身，就由士八人吃剩下的，这叫做贱者吃贵者剩下的；士吃罢起身，各人端着盛有剩余祭品的食具出来，陈列在堂下，由各种当差的吃剩下的，吃毕撤掉，这叫做底下人吃在上位者之剩余。
是故尸谡，君与卿四人馂。君起，大夫六人馂；臣馂君之余也。大夫起，士八人馂；贱馂贵之余也。士起，各执其具以出，陈于堂下，百官进，彻之，下馂上之余也。
Therefore, once the corpse has finished eating, it gets up and leaves the table, and then the king and four ministers eat the remaining sacrificial offerings; once the king has finished eating, it gets up and then six high officials eat what is left over from the king, this is called the ministers eating the leftovers of the king; once the high officials have finished eating, they get up and then eight lower officials eat what is left over, this is called the humble eating the leftovers of the noble; once the lower officials have finished eating, they get up, each of them holding a utensil containing the remaining sacrificial offerings, and put them out on display below the hall, for the various servants to eat what is left, and then they remove it all, this is called the people below eating the leftovers of those above. 