《史记·十二本纪·孝文本纪》
春天，皇帝说： 我能够用牺牲玉帛来祭祀上天和宗庙，到现在已有十四年。经过了漫长的岁月，以我这样一个不聪敏不圣明的人而长期抚临天下，深感自愧。
春，上曰： 朕获执牺牲珪币以事上帝宗庙，十四年于今，历日长，以不敏不明而久抚临天下，朕甚自愧。
In the spring, the Emperor said, "I've been able to offer jade and silk to sacrifice to heaven and the ancestral temple for fourteen years now. Through all these long years, I've felt ashamed at the prolonged care that I, an unintelligent and unenlightened person, have presided over the empire.