」管仲曰：「臣聞之，君嘗之，臣食之；君好之，臣服之。
今君之食也，必桂之漿；衣練紫之衣，狐白之裘。
I would like to place restrictions on their use of these things—can this be done?” “I have heard,” said Guan Zhong, “that what the ruler tastes his officers will eat; and what the ruler likes, his officers will wear.
此群臣之所奢太也。
詩云：『不躬不親，庶民不信。
Now as to Your Lordship’s style of eating, there is never a meal without dishes flavored with cassia; and you clothe yourself in purple silk and fox-fur cloaks.
』君欲禁之，胡不自親乎？
」桓公曰：「善。
This is why your officers are too extravagant.
」於是更制練帛之衣，大白之冠。
朝一年，而齊國儉也。
As is said in the Odes, ‘If you don’t play the role yourself, / The commoners won’t be convinced.’66 If Your Lordship desires to restrict extravagance, why not begin with yourself?” “Well said!” rejoined Lord Huan. He then wore undyed white silk gowns and caps, and within a year that state was free of extravagance.