《后汉书·列传·马融列传上》
蝼蚁小人，不尽思念。职在校书，根据旧文，叙说田猎的事情。写了《广成颂》一篇作为讽刺。 《颂》送上，触犯了邓氏，呆在东观，十年不得升迁。
礼乐既阕，北辕反旆，至自新城，背伊阙，反洛京。颂奏，忤邓氏，滞于东观，十年不得调。
The ants and villains will not give up. My job is to proofread the books. Based on the old knowledge, I tell the stories of hunting. I wrote a piece of "Ode to Guang Cheng" as a satire. "Ode" was submitted and offended the Deng clan. I stayed in Dongguan and failed to get promoted for ten years.