《后汉书·列传·荀韩钟陈列传》
陈寔偷偷地看见了，于是起床整理卧具，打扫卫生，然后把子孙叫到一块，正色训诫说： 人不可不自勉，不好的人不一定本来就坏，习惯因本性而成，以至到了这个地步。 梁上君子 就是这种人啊！ 
寔阴见，乃起自整拂，呼命子孙，正色训之曰 夫人不可不自勉。不善之人未必本恶，习以性成，遂至于此。
Chen Shi secretly saw him, so he got up to tidy up the bedclothes, clean up the room, and then called his children and grandchildren together to sternly admonish them, saying: "People must not be complacent. Bad people are not necessarily bad by nature, habits are formed from nature, so they reach this point. The "gentleman on the beam" is such a person!"