A visiting foreign official in residence named Tien Tzu-fang who was standing next to him laughed and said, "A head of state doesn't need to understand music.
一旁的客卿田子方就笑說：「當國君的人，不必懂得音樂，只要選擇適當的人來擔任樂官即可。」（臣聞之君明樂官，不明樂音。