《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪二十五》
第三，陛下任命员外官的数目是正员空缺数目的好几倍，使得官署中的属吏，为敬奉长官所困扰，官府仓库中蓄积的资财也被越来越宠大的官俸开支耗尽。
又，员外置官，数倍正阙，曹署典吏，困于祗承，府库仓储，竭于资奉。
Third, Your Majesty has appointed more than several times the number of extra officials as the number of vacancies for regular officials. This has resulted in the subordinates in government offices being overburdened due to paying their respects to their superiors, and the resources stockpiled in the government storehouses being exhausted by the increasingly lavish official salaries.