《管子·君臣下》
做君主的，统治群臣百姓，是通过左右大臣实现的。所以左右大 臣是群臣与君主之间的中间参与者。
为人上者，制群臣百姓通，中央之人和，是以中央之人，臣主之参。
A ruler governs his ministers and subjects through the medium of his assistants on the left and the right. Hence these are the connecting agents between the ruler and ministers.