《资治通鉴·后晋纪·后晋纪五》
他常常对人说： 我不知道朝廷设置文官有什么用，我想把他们淘汰，慢慢地我将要全部去掉他们。 
常谓人曰： 吾不知朝廷设文官何所用，且欲澄汰，徐当尽去之。 
He often told people, "I do not know what use it is for the court to set up civil officials; I want to get rid of them, and I will gradually remove them all."