《梁书·列传·卷三十三》
虽然事情和那种钻皮出羽极意被夸饰的现象不同，文辞也并不深刻，我还是将这些言辞，写成这样的文章，我的罪最重的处罚是被投放到极远的北方。次一等可能送左校劳作，成了穿红衣服的罪人，充当捣谷打柴的仆隶。
虽事异钻皮，文非刺骨，犹复因兹舌杪，成此笔端，上可以投畀北方，次可以论输左校，变为丹赭，充彼舂薪。
Although this matter is not like trying to cheat and improve your appearance, and my writing is also not deep in meaning, I have written all these words, and this is an essay, my crime is so severe that I deserve to be banished to the far north. The second-worst punishment is probably for me to be sent to work in the western brigade, to become a criminal wearing red, and to be a servant who pounds grain and chops wood.