《论衡·卷十二·程材篇》
用子弟熟悉宅院作比喻来评论文吏和儒生，那么文吏在掌握文书上比儒生熟悉，而儒生比文吏生疏。
以子弟论之，则文吏晓於儒生，儒生暗於文吏。
Using the analogy of children being familiar with the courtyard to comment on scribes and Confucian scholars, then scribes are more familiar with documents than Confucian scholars, while Confucian scholars are unfamiliar with scribes.