《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪二十七》
于是王莽惶恐，不得已而起来，接受太傅、安汉公的封号，但推辞了增加的采邑民户。他说： 我愿等到百姓家家自足，然后才能接受赏赐。 
于是莽为惶恐，不得已而起，受太傅、安汉公号，让还益封事，云： 愿须百姓家给，然后加赏。 
Wang Mang was terrified and had no other choice but to get up and accept the titles of Imperial tutor and Duke of An Han, but declined the increase in registered households in his fiefdom. He said: “I will wait until every family in the realm is self-sufficient before I will accept a reward.”