Mo'ao Zihua 莫敖子華, personal name Zi Zhang 子章, was once asked by King Wei of Chu 楚威王 (r. 339-329), if in the past, there had ever been a worthy that came not from the ranks of the nobility. Zi Zhang thereupon told the king the story of five of such worthies and admonished him to look at the talent of his advisors rather than at their status.