《资治通鉴·魏纪·魏纪四》
陛下应当思如何使朝臣的心胸开阔起来，鼓励有道之士的气节，使他们自行向古人看齐，垂名史册，可是现在反而让像廉昭这种人在中间扰乱，我恐怕大臣们将会只要求安身保位，而坐观国家得失，成为后世的鉴戒。
陛下当思所以阐广朝臣之心，笃厉有道之节，使之自同古人，垂名竹帛，反使如廉昭者扰乱其间，臣惧大臣将遂容身保位，坐观得失，为来世戒也。
Your Majesty ought to consider how to enable the minds of the courtiers to be open and to encourage the integrity of those who hold to the Way, so that they themselves will be able to model themselves on the ancients and leave their names in history, but now, on the contrary, we allow people like Lian Zhao to create disturbances in their midst; I am afraid that the ministers will then only seek to protect their positions and their lives, and will sit back and observe the loss of the country, thereby becoming an example for future ages.