《论衡·卷九·问孔篇》
或许是有人责难孔子，孔子也知道那儿落后，然而还要说 怎么会落后 ，是想坚持已经说过的话，拒绝别人的劝告。
或人难之，孔子知其陋，然而犹曰 何陋之有 者，欲遂已然，距或人之谏也。 
Perhaps someone had criticised Confucius, and he knew that the place was backward, but still insisted on saying that it was not backward in order to stick by what he had already said, and to reject other people’s advice.