《墨子·47章 贵义》
现在看看您的家族，以文彩装饰的车子有数百辆，吃菽、粟的马有数百匹，穿文绣的妇人有数百人。如果把装饰车辆、养马的费用和做绣花衣裳的钱财用来养士，一定可以养一千人还有余。
今简子之家，饰车数百乘，马食菽粟者数百匹，妇人衣文绣者数百人，吾取饰车食马之费，与锈衣之财，以畜士，必千人有余。
"Now look at your own family. You have several hundreds of carriages ornamented with figures; you have several hundreds of horses eating beans and millet; you have several hundreds of ladies wearing embroidered clothes. If you would use the money spent on ornamented carriages, horses, and embroidered dresses, to support men of worth, you would certainly have a surplus beyond what would support one thousand men."