《新五代史·列传·杂传第三十四》
唐明宗原本出身蛮夷，而霍彦威是武人，君臣都不懂礼，常有这类事发生。
明宗本出夷狄，而彦威武人，君臣皆不知礼，动多此类。
Tang Mingzong was originally a barbarian, and Huo Yanwei was a military man. Neither the monarch nor his subjects understood etiquette, so such things often happened.