《礼记·杂记下》
如果是大夫、士、庶民休弃其妻，就派人把妻送回娘家，并致词说： 某某不才，不能和她一道祭祀祖宗，特派我冒昧享告左右。 
妻出，夫使人致之曰： 某不敏，不能从而共粢盛，使某也敢告于侍者。 
If it is an official, a scholar, or a commoner who dismisses his wife, send someone to escort her back to her parents' home, and deliver a message saying: A certain so-and-so is a good-for-nothing, and can not conduct ancestral sacrifices with her; I have presumptuously come to deliver this humble message to you.