《魏书·列传·卷四十六》
我今天也说不上贫贱，但我的居宅不搞那些华丽的装饰，正是考虑到如果你们这些后代不贤敏，不能守住这产业，装饰豪华了反而被权势之家夺去了。
吾今日不为贫贱，然居住舍宅不作壮丽华饰者，正虑汝等后世不贤，不能保守之，方为势家所夺。
I may not be poor and lowly today, but my residence is not decorated extravagantly, I am thinking precisely that if you descendants are not virtuous and intelligent, and cannot keep this property, then extravagant decorations will only be taken away by those in power.