《国语·周语·阳人不服晋侯》
况且阳樊并没有被放逐的恶民，都是周天子的父兄甥舅，君主对他们为何如此苛待呢？ 
且夫阳岂有裔民哉，夫亦皆天子之父兄甥舅也，若之何其虐之也？ 
Besides, Yangfan has no evil people who have been exiled. They are all fathers, brothers, nephews, and uncles of the Heavenly Son of Zhou. Why does the monarch treat them so harshly?