《庄子·外篇·天道》
宗庙崇尚血缘，朝廷崇尚高贵，乡里崇尚年长，办事崇尚贤能，这是永恒的大道所安排下的秩序。
宗庙尚亲，朝廷尚尊，乡党尚齿，行事尚贤，大道之序也。
Temples respect bloodlines, courts respect nobility, villages respect the elderly, and doing things respects the virtuous. This is the order arranged by the eternal Dao.