《淮南子·本经训》
用 道 、用 德 来安定天下，百姓就会纯真朴实，这样百姓眼睛就不易受美色迷惑、耳朵就不会沉溺于淫声；人们就有可能安闲地坐着歌唱，或悠闲地走着吟唱，或飘散着长发而游荡，眼前即使有毛嫱、西施这样的美女，也引不起他们的兴趣，演奏《掉羽》、《武象》这样动人的乐曲，也引不起他们的快乐，这样，荒淫放荡、男女混杂的事情就根本不可能在这当中发生。由此看来，用 道 、用 德 安定天下，净化人心，这 礼乐 就无需实施。
道德定于天下而民纯朴，则目不营于色，耳不淫于声，坐俳而歌谣，被发而浮游，虽有毛嫱、西施之色，不知说也，掉羽、武象，不知乐也，淫泆无别不生焉。由此观之，礼乐不用也。
By using Dao and virtue to stabilize the world, the people will be pure and simple, so that people's eyes will not be easily confused by beauty, and their ears will not be immersed in lustful sounds; people will be able to sit and sing leisurely, or walk and sing leisurely, or wander around with their long hair flowing, and even if Mao Qiang and Xi Shi, such beauties, are in front of them, they will not be interested in them. Playing moving music such as "Diao Yu" and "Wu Xiang" will not arouse their joy, so that debauchery and promiscuity are impossible to occur. From this point of view, by using the Dao to stabilize the world and purify people's hearts, the rituals and music need not be implemented.