《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪二》
于是他到官吏那里陈述说： 我置身于本郡，地位达到了州郡长官的辅佐。我认为人们聚在一起议论纷纭，所说的本来并不是事实，我憎恨这种毁谤诬蔑的声音，不能够容忍这样的议论让天子看到，所以我想藏污纳垢，不写成文字使这种议论显露，以使议论平静下来，事情自然平息。
遂诣吏自列曰： 畴厕身本郡，位极朝右，以噂沓之语，本非事实，疾其丑声，不忍闻见，欲含垢藏疾，不彰之翰墨，镇躁归静，使之自息。
So he went to the officials and stated: "I am in this county, and my status has reached the level of an assistant to the governor of the state and county. I think that when people gather and talk a lot, what they say is not true at all. I hate this slanderous and slanderous voice, and I cannot tolerate such comments being seen by the emperor, so I want to hide the dirt and filth and not write it down in words to make this discussion obvious, so that the discussion will calm down and things will subside naturally.