《宋史·列传·卷一百八十八》
所以任命官员的诏令还没颁布，而人员已经事先物色确定，这些官员的姓名还没有显露，而朝廷内外已经预知这些人决不是天下第一流的人才了。
是以除书未出，而物色先定，姓名未显，而中外已逆知其决非天下第一流矣。
Hence, the imperial edicts appointing officials had not yet been issued, but the people had already been selected. The names of these officials had not yet been revealed, but everyone within and outside the court already knew that they were definitely not the empire’s finest personnel.