《后汉书·本纪·显宗孝明帝纪》
先帝的诏书，禁止人上书言事称圣，而近来有些章奏，颇多浮夸虚词，自今以后如再有过头的称谓和溢美之词，尚书都应抑压而不加省览。表示不为谄媚的人所讥笑。 
先帝诏书，禁人上事言圣，而间者章奏颇多浮词，自今若有过称虚誉，尚书皆宜抑而不省，示不为谄子蚩也。 
The late emperor's decree prohibited people from petitioning to the emperor as a saint, but recently some chapters and奏章 have been rather exaggerated and empty. From now on, the Ministry of Rites should suppress any excessive titles or flattering words and not include them in the report, so as not to be ridiculed by flatterers.