《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪二十七》
并非因爱惜生命而不敢以违抗诏旨之法自劾，实而是恐怕天下人知道，因此不敢自我弹劾。 
非爱死而不自法，恐天下闻之，故不敢自劾。 
It’s not that I value my life and dare not accuse myself of violating the imperial edict, but I am actually afraid of the world’s people finding out and thus I dare not impeach myself.