《梦溪笔谈·故事一》
杨大年久为学士，家境清贫，请求外任地方官，其章表达千余言。其中有两联文字说到： 空占着甘泉宫侍从之臣的职位，最终却成为像若敖氏一样的饿鬼；孔子的随从弟子们病饿得不能起，东方朔也渐渐饥饿得要死。 
杨大年久为学士，家贫，请外，表词千余言，其间两联曰： 虚忝甘泉之从臣，终作莫敖之馁鬼。  从者之病莫兴，方朔之饥欲死。 
Yang Daniang had been an academician for a long time, and his family was poor, so he requested to be assigned to local officials. His chapter expressed more than a thousand words. Among them, there are two couplets: Kong took advantage of Ganquan Palace's minister's position, but eventually became a hungry ghost like Ruoao. Confucius's disciples fell ill and could not get up, and Dongfang Shuo gradually starved to death.