《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪二十六》
二千石官员越来越被人轻视，属下官吏和百姓对他们很轻慢，有的抓住他们的轻微过错，扩大成罪状，向司隶、刺史报告，或者上书朝廷检举。
二千石益轻贱，吏民慢易之，或持其微过，增加成罪，言于刺史、司隶，或上书告之。
The officials of the rank of two thousand piculs were increasingly looked down upon. Their subordinates and the ordinary people showed them little respect. Some seized upon insignificant mistakes, making them sound like serious crimes, and they reported these to the provincial governor or local prosecutor, or submitted accusations in the form of memorials to the court.