《汉书·传·王贡两龚鲍传》
孟子也说： 听到伯夷的风范，足以使贪婪的人变得廉洁，使懦弱的人树立志向；  在百代之前振奋行为，令百代之后无不深受鼓舞，如若不是圣贤之人谁能如此呢？ 
而《孟子》亦云： 闻伯夷之风者，贪夫廉，懦夫有立志 ； 奋乎百世之上，百世之下莫不兴起，非贤人而能若是乎！ 
Mencius also said: To hear of Boyi's moral character is enough to cause the greedy to become honest and the cowardly to establish their own aspirations; to encourage good conduct a hundred generations before and inspire great respect a hundred generations later; what person, if not a sage, could do this?