汉·王充《论衡·道虚》：“淮南王学道，招会天下有道之人，倾一国之尊，下道术之士，是以道术之士并会淮南，奇方异术，莫不争出。王遂得道，举家升天，畜产皆仙，犬吠于天上，鸡鸣于云中。”

一个人得道成仙，全家连鸡、狗也都随之升天。比喻一个人做了官，和他有关系的人也都跟着得势。

fig. to ride on sb else's success; Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too; lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)