《论衡·卷九·问孔篇》
假使现在有孔子这样的老师，那么当代的学者都是颜回、闵损之类人物；假使当时没有孔子，那么七十弟子这些人，也跟今天的儒生一样。
使当今有孔子之师，则斯世学者，皆颜、闵之徒也；使无孔子，则七十子之徒，今之儒生也。
If there were a teacher like Confucius now, then contemporary scholars would all be people like Yan Hui and Min Sun; if there was no Confucius at that time, then the seventy disciples would be the same as today's Confucianists.