《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪四十七》
张磐回答说： 我身为一州的地方长官，被度尚诬告，投入监狱，备受苦刑。事情应该分清虚假和真实，法律应该辨明谁是谁非。我确实没有犯罪，赦罪之令与我无干。如果我忍气吞声，只求免除眼前的痛苦，却要遭受永远的耻辱，活着是恶吏，死后是恶鬼。
夫事有虚实，法有是非，磐实不辜，赦无所除；如忍以苟免，永受侵辱之耻，生为恶吏，死为敝鬼。
Zhang Pan replied: "I was the chief local official of the prefecture. I was falsely accused by Du Shang, thrown into prison, and subjected to severe torture. The matter should be distinguished as false and true, the law should distinguish between right and wrong. I have indeed not committed a crime, and the pardon has nothing to do with me. If I bear my anger in silence and only seek to escape the present suffering, I will suffer eternal shame. I will be an evil official when I am alive and an evil spirit when I die.