《后汉书·列传·伏侯宋蔡冯赵牟韦列传》
对妻子儿女说： 年谷不登，国君应撤席；今百姓都挨饿，怎么能独饱呢？ 
谓妻子曰： 夫一谷不登，国君彻膳；今民皆饥，奈何独饱？ 
He said to his wife and children: “When the year is not good, the monarch should remove the mat; the people are all starving, how can I be alone?”