《荀子·君子》
因此崇尚贤能、使用能人，贵贱有等级，区分亲近的和疏远的，按照次序来安排年长的和年幼的，这就是先王的治国大道。
故尚贤，使能，等贵贱，分亲疏，序长幼，此先王之道也。
So respecting the wise and employing the able, distinguishing the noble and humble, isolating the close and distant, and arranging the old and young in order, this is the ancient way of the kings for governing the country.