《后汉书·本纪·皇后纪上》
她们肩负着国计民生的重大责任，而所作所为表现得却悠闲自得并不着急，因而影响严重深远，加速了祸患的来临。像桓思窦太后被中常侍曹节矫诏迁于洛阳南宫云台，身犯雾露之疾，幽居空宫，父窦武被诛，家人遭逮捕关进牢狱，夷灭三族。
任重道悠，利深祸速。身犯雾露于云台之上，家婴缧绁于圄犴之下。
They bore the important responsibility of the nation and people's livelihood, and their actions and behaviors were slow and leisurely and not pressing, and so the influence was serious and far-reaching, accelerating the arrival of祸患. As with Empress Dowager Dou of Huan and Si, being given a false诏by the Zhongchangshi Cao Jie to move to Southern Palace Yuntai in Luoyang, afflicted with the disease of mist and dew, living in seclusion in an empty palace, her father Dou Wu was executed, her family was arrested and imprisoned, their three clans exterminated.