For instance, in the second part of Mencius 'chapter about Liang Hui-wang, Mencius writes that when a ruler is making decisions about appointing or sacking ministers or putting people to death, he should ignore his advisors and "listen to the voice of the people."
例如〈梁惠王章下〉，國君在做進賢、去人、殺人的決定時，左右、諸大夫的話勿聽，要「國人皆曰可」，才值得細查事實，據以施政。