《孟子·万章章句下·第六节》
尧对于舜，使自己的九个儿子侍奉舜，又把两个女儿嫁给舜，百官、牛羊、仓库等都齐备了，使舜在田野中接受供养，然后才提升他担任很高的职位，所以说，王公之尊贤者是这样的。 
尧之于舜也，使其子九男事之，二女女焉，百官牛羊仓廪备，以养舜于畎亩之中，后举而加诸上位。故曰： 王公之尊贤者也。 
What Yao did for Shun was to make his nine sons serve Shun, to give his two daughters to be Shun’s wives, and to provide all the officials, cattle, sheep, and stores to support him in the fields, and only then to promote him to high office.  That is how a great king respects a wise man.