《列子·杨朱》
子产整天整夜为这兄弟二人的行为担忧，于是私底下造访邓析，同他商量说： 我听说治理好自身才能治理好家，治理好家才能治理好国，这是说做事得按照从近到远的次序。
子产日夜以为戚，密造邓析而谋之，曰： 侨闻治身以及家，治家以及国，此言自于近至于远也。
The magistrate, Zi Chan, was so worried about the behavior of the two brothers that he secretly visited Deng Xi and said to him: "I heard that to govern oneself well, then one can govern a family well. And to govern a family well, then one can govern a country well. This means we should act from the near to the distant.