《北齐书·列传·卷三十一》
即使是坚持谦逊退让，把国家的命运视为秕糠，就是违背上天之意，毁坏先帝的基业。 
虽执谦挹，糠神器，便是违上玄之意，坠先帝之基。 
Even if we insist on being humble and yielding, and regard the fate of the country as chaff, it would be against the will of Heaven and destroy the foundation of the previous emperor.