《汉书·传·贾邹枚路传》
邹阳在他乡交游，遭受谗言而被捕，恐怕死后留下恶名而被人唾骂，就从狱中向梁王上书说：
阳客游以谗见禽，恐死而负累，乃从狱中上书曰：
Zou Yang was unjustly charged while wandering in another land, and was afraid that if he were to die he would leave behind a bad name and that people would insult him, so from prison he wrote to King Liang saying: