《太平广记·卷四百六十九·水族六》
有个咨议参军叫韦言辩的很善于说笑话，他在一次宴会上说： 常常听说世上的人处事像鬼一样狡猾，现在看来这个鬼一定是个痴鬼。如果这个鬼狡猾，就不该去迷惑萧腾的妻妾。
谘议参军韦言辩善戏谑，因宴而启云： 常闻世间人道 黠如鬼 ，今见鬼定是痴鬼，若黠，不应魅萧腾妓。
A Councillor and Military Adviser called Wei Yanbian was very good at telling jokes. Once at a banquet, he said, "I have always heard that people in this world who do things in a sneaky way are like ghosts, but now it seems that this ghost must be an idiot. If this ghost was cunning, it would not go and bewitch the wives and concubines of Xiao Teng."