《明史·列传·卷一百一十四》
陛下错误地兴起，大臣们错误地顺从，没有一个人愿意向陛下正确陈述，阿谀之风严重。
陛下误举之，而诸臣误顺之，无一人肯为陛下正言者，谀之甚也。
Your Majesty rose wrongly, and the ministers followed suit wrongly. No one was willing to state the truth to Your Majesty. The flattery was serious.