《明史·列传·卷一百八十六》
曾说： 杨子、墨子、佛子、老子都是圣道之贼；管仲、商鞅、申不害、韩非都是治道之贼；小说野史是正史之贼；华丽词句是文章之贼。
尝言： 杨、墨、释、老，圣道之贼，管、商、申、韩，治道之贼，稗官野乘，正史之贼，支词艳说，文章之贼。
<ins>He once said: </ins> Yangzi, Mozi, Buddhist, and Laotzu are all the thieves of saintly way; Guan Zhong, Shang Yang, Shen Buhai, and Han Fei are the thieves of governance; novels and unofficial history are the thieves of official history; gorgeous words and sentences are the thieves of articles.