《后汉书·列传·宦者列传》
自从曹腾劝说梁冀立了个昏君桓帝，魏武帝曹操就沿用这个办法，挟制昏弱的天子，终于使皇帝的宝器为曹魏所有。所谓 你从这里开始的，也必定在这点上结束。 汉朝开始宠信宦官，终因宦官而灭亡，其情况的确是这样啊！
魏武因之，遂迁龟鼎。所谓 君以此始，必以此终 ，信乎其然矣！
Since Cao Teng advised Liang Ji to enthrone a fool like Emperor Huan, Cao Cao, the Martial Emperor of Wei, adopted this same method. He controlled the incompetent and feeble-minded emperor and finally seized the imperial regalia for the Cao Wei clan. So you see, what you start with is what you end with. The Han Dynasty started by favoring eunuchs and ended because of eunuchs. What happened was just like that!