《资治通鉴·后晋纪·后晋纪四》
孙晟说： 我孙晟不过是山东的一个鄙陋的儒生，作文章比不上您，谈吐诙谐比不上您，谄媚狡诈比不上您。
晟曰： 晟，山东鄙儒，文章不如公，诙谐不如公，谄诈不如公。
Sun Sheng said: Me, Sun Sheng, am nothing more than a low-class Confucian scholar from Shandong, my writing is not as good as yours, my humour is not as good as yours, and my flattery and trickery is not as good as yours.