《汉书·志·刑法志》
这是说英明的君王在衰败混乱的时代嵋起，把道德教化施予人，对他们加以改变和感化，一定要过三十年然后仁政才能形成；至于有道德的人，虽不被列入圣人之列，但也要百年才能战胜邪恶不进行杀戮。
言圣王承衰拨乱而起，被民以德教，变而化之，必世然后仁道成焉；至于善人，不入于室，然犹百年胜残去杀矣。
This means that a wise king rises up in a decadent and chaotic era, educates people with morality, and changes and influences them. It takes thirty years for a benevolent government to be formed; as for a moral person, although not listed as a sage, it also takes a hundred years to defeat evil without killing.