《宋史·列传·卷一百一十八》
然而自古怀有超群才能的人，多被小人所忌嫉，或者被中伤为昏暗无能，或者被指责为勾结党羽，或者被诬陷为犯有大恶罪，或者一些细微小节而被当成污点加以大肆宣扬。
然自昔抱不群之才者，多为小人之所忌嫉，或中之以黯暗，或指之为党与，或诬之以大恶，或擿之以细故。
However, throughout history, those with exceptional talents were often met with resentment and envy by villains; sometimes their reputation would be smeared as being confused and incompetent, or they would be accused of gathering like-minded individuals to form cliques, or falsely accused of committing major crimes, while they would also exaggerate minor faults into major flaws to defame them.