《南齐书·列传·卷三十三》
家族中也有少年时起就有好声誉年纪轻轻就超越清级的，现时王家门中优秀的就成龙成凤，庸劣的还可成虎成豹，失去先世祖荫之后，难道还能有成龙成虎之说吗?
舍中亦有少负令誉弱冠越超清级者，于时王家门中，优者则龙凤，劣者犹虎豹，失荫之后，岂龙虎之议？
In our clan, there were also young men with a good reputation who surpassed the Qing Dynasty at a young age. Nowadays, the excellent ones in the Wang family are like dragons and phoenixes, while the mediocre ones are still good enough to be tigers and leopards. After losing the favor of the ancestors, is it still possible to say that they could turn into dragons or tigers?