《论衡·卷二·率性篇》
并且好德性已经变得深厚，培养着他的政教风化，使他变得善良，这种 善 就将更应该比过去的善更善，如同低处增加大锄和铁锹去继续填土，就会比高处更高一样。 端木赐没有承受禄命却做生意发了财 。
善以化渥，酿其教令，变更为善。善则且更宜反过於往善，犹下地增加锸更崇於高地也。
And good virtues have become profound, cultivating his political and religious customs, making him kind. This good will be even better than the good in the past, just as if the low place is filled with large hoes and shovels, it will be higher than the high place. Duanmuci did not receive the fate of good fortune but made a fortune in business.