《明史·列传·卷一百一十二》
如果回避专权、结党的嫌疑，畏缩怯懦，使选官的职责从我开始被看轻，是我的大罪过。
如避专权结党之嫌，畏缩选忄耎，使铨职之轻自臣始，臣之大罪也。
If I avoid the suspicion of having sole right to power and forming a party, shrink back, and act cowardly, and cause the responsibility of selecting officials to be looked down upon from me onward, that is my great crime.