《容斋随笔·卷十六·兄弟直西垣》
和前贤相比，实在是人生际遇之幸，固然是家族的光荣，然而也因此自愧，为官一世，一无建树。
比之前贤，实为遭际，固为门户荣事，然亦以此自愧也。
Compared with great sages in the past, this was indeed the luck of our lives and the glory of our family. Yet I am ashamed of this. I have been an official for my whole life, but I have achieved nothing.