《国语·周语·单襄公论陈必亡》
如今臣虽然没有什么才能，但还是天子的亲族，是奉了天子的使命作为宾客而途经陈国，然而主管的官员却不来照应，这是蔑视先王所制定的官职。
今虽朝也不才，有分族于周，承王命以为过宾于陈，而司事莫至，是蔑先王之官也。
Now, although I have no talent to speak of, I am still the Son of Heaven's kinsman, who has passed through the State of Chen as a guest with the Son of Heaven's mission, but the official in charge has not come to greet me. This is a disregard for the positions established by the previous kings.