《隋书·列传·卷三十一》
我听说，刺史入京朝觐皇上，还有自述巴掌大的小功，喧闹于朝廷之上，言辞不逊，自我吹口虚的，对皇上如此轻慢不敬，特别难以饶恕！凡是这样的人，都要写清他们的罪状，送交台省，公开地加罪废黜，以惩风教。
如闻刺史入京朝觐，乃有自陈勾检之功，喧诉阶墀之侧，言辞不逊，高自称誉，上黩冕旒，特为难恕，凡如此辈，具状送台，明加罪黜，以惩风轨。
I've heard that when a governor came to the capital to pay homage to  the emperor, he self-reported his small merit like the size of a palm,  behaving noisily in the imperial court, being rude, and talking big  in front of the emperor, showing no  respect, being particularly unforgivable! Anyone who is like this must  have their crimes written up clearly, and be handed over to the  imperial court, publicly punished and dismissed to punish the wind and  mores.