《汉书·传·杨胡朱梅云传》
当初，吴章为当世名儒，教授《尚书》特别有名，弟子多达千余人，王莽把他们看作恶人集团，都定罪禁锢，不准做官。
初，章为当世名儒，教授尤盛，弟子千余人，莽以为恶人党，皆当禁锢，不得仕宦。
Originally, Wu Zhang was a famous Confucian scholar, especially famous for teaching the Book of History, with over a thousand disciples. Wang Mang deemed them to be a group of evil people, and sentenced them to imprisonment, not allowing them to hold office.