《六韬·文韬·举贤》
文王问太公说： 君主致力于举用贤能。却收不到推举贤能的实效，社会反而越来越动荡，以致让国家陷于危亡，这是什么原因呢？ 
文王问太公曰： 君务举贤而不获其功，世乱愈甚，以致危亡者，何也？ 
King Wen asked Taigong, "The monarch is committed to appointing the virtuous, but he fails to achieve the actual result of recommending the virtuous, and society is becoming more and more turbulent, so that the country is in danger. What is the reason for this?" 