《史记·七十列传·李斯列传》
所以申不害先生说： 占有天下要是还不懂得纵情姿欲，这就叫把天下当成自己的镣铐 这样的话，没有别的意思，只是讲不督责臣下，而自己反辛辛苦苦为天下百姓操劳，像尧和禹那样，所以称之为 镣铐 。
故申子曰 有天下而不恣睢，命之曰以天下为桎梏 者，无他焉，不能督责，而顾以其身劳於天下之民，若尧、禹然，故谓之 桎梏 也。
Therefore, Master Shen Buhai said: If you hold the world and yet do not know how to give free rein to your desires, then this is called shackling yourself with the world. These words mean nothing other than this: if you do not supervise your ministers, but instead laboriously work hard for the people of the world, as Yao and Shun did, then this is what is called being shackled.