圣人之兴也,不相袭而王。夏、殷之衰也,不易礼而灭。· When the ancient sages rose to govern the world,the later ones did not totally copy the earlier ones to attain true kingship. On the contrary,during the declining years of the Xia and Yin Dynasties,the rulers did not amend the rites and they came to ruin.
(Strategies of the Warring States [475 BC - 221 BC])