《后汉书·列传·张曹郑列传》
现在礻帝礻合之祭行于高庙，陈列左昭右穆，而舂陵四世，君臣并列，卑位混在尊位，不合礼意。如果不遭王莽篡位，而国家嗣续无所寄托，推求宗室，用陛下继承先统，怎能又照顾私亲，违背礼制么？
今禘祫高庙，陈序昭穆，而舂陵四世，君臣并列，以卑厕尊，不合礼意，设不遭王莽，而国嗣无寄，推求宗室，以陛下继统者，安得复顾私亲，违礼制乎？
Now the sacrifices of the Son of Heaven are performed in the Great Temple where the Left and Right Shrines are aligned with the Elder and Younger Shrines, but the four generations of the Marquis of Ch陵 are listed together with the ministers, the low ranked are mixed together with the high ranked, which is not in accordance with the rites. If Wang Mang had not usurped the throne, and the fortunes of the state had not been placed in the hands of another, if we had sought out a member of the imperial household so that Your Majesty could succeed to the rule of your ancestors, how could we at the same time have favored your close relatives and acted in violation of the rites?