《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪十七》
唐高宗多次责备身边大臣不推荐德才兼备的人，谁也不敢答话。
上屡责侍臣不进贤，众莫敢对。
Tang Gaozong repeatedly criticized the ministers around him for not recommending people with both virtue and talent, and no one dared to answer.