《左传·襄公·襄公十九年》
而且大国攻打小国，拿他们所得到的东西来制作宗庙器具，记载他们的功绩，以此让子孙看到，这是为了宣扬明德而惩罚无礼。
且夫大伐小，取其所得以作彝器，铭其功烈以示子孙，昭明德而惩无礼也。
Moreover, when a large country attacks a small country, it uses the spoils it gets to make items for the ancestral temple, recording its achievements so that its descendants can see it, this is done to display illustrious virtue and punish disrespect.