When the Way prevails, rites, music, and punitive expeditions issue from the Son of Heaven. When it does not, they issue from the feudal lords.
天下有道，则礼乐征伐自天子出；天下无道，则礼乐征伐自诸侯出。
Source: The Analects, Ji Shi XVI, Chapter 2
Author: Confucius
The Barometer of Order: Confucius on Where Power Resides in a Well-Ordered World
