《明史·列传·卷五十二》
到今天不严格甄别选择，人才日益鄙陋，读书人的风气日益变壤了。 
及今不严甄选，人材日陋。士习日非矣。 
Until today discrimination did not rigorously select, and talent has become increasingly cheap, and the customs of the literati have become increasingly corrupt.