《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪二十》
因此一群小人，到处早找漏洞，运用文字技巧，丑化、诋毁别人，制造谣言，写匿名信，在民间广为流传。
是以群小窥见间隙，缘饰文字，巧言丑诋，流言、飞文哗于民间。
Therefore, a group of villains looked for loopholes everywhere, used writing skills to vilify and discredit others, fabricated rumors, wrote anonymous letters, and spread them widely among the people.