《汉书·传·王莽传上》
太保王舜对太后说： 事情已经到了这个地步，没有别的办法，如果要阻止他我们已经无能为力。
太保舜谓太后： 事已如此，无可奈何，沮之力不能止。
Wang Shun, the Grand Protector, said to the Empress Dowager: "Things have already reached this stage; there is no other way. If you were to try to stop him, we would be powerless."