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其党徒想凭借魏忠贤的权力排挤那些正直之士，便相继归附魏忠贤，自称义子，并且说： 东林党将要害您老人家。 
其党欲藉忠贤力倾诸正人，遂相率归忠贤，称义儿，且云： 东林将害翁。 
His followers, however, wanted to use Wei Zhongxian's power to get rid of those honest people. So one after another they went to Wei Zhongxian and claimed him as their godfather, saying, “Donglin Party is going to harm you, old man.”