《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪十八》
使身边的助手能够帮助君王端正自身，执行命令的官员能够宣示圣德，这才是君王的根本要务。
左右所以正身，所使所以宣德，此其本也。
The ability of assistants to help the sovereign rectify himself, and of officials to execute orders in accordance with saintly virtue, is the monarch's essential duty.