《明史·列传·卷一百六十二》
孔昭揎拳攘臂想入内阁大臣的行列，群臣用本朝没有勋臣入阁的先例阻止了他。
孔昭攘臂欲并列，众以本朝无勋臣入阁例，遏之。
Kong Zhao wanted to interfere and be on the list of cabinet members. But the ministers stopped him and used the old rule that officers meritorious to the Dynasty could not become Cabinet Members.