《三国志·魏书·任苏杜郑仓传》
那些揣摩人意，谄媚逢迎以追求得到上级的接纳和赞美的人，大多都是天下间浅薄无知又没有道义的人，他们的追求只在于顺从君王的想法罢了，不是想要治理天下安定百姓。
夫先意承旨以求容美，率皆天下浅薄无行义者，其意务在於適人主之心而已，非欲治天下安百姓也。
Those who guess people's intentions and flatter and fawn on them to seek acceptance from their superiors and praise are mostly mean and ignorant people in the world. Their pursuit is only to follow the monarch's ideas, not to govern the world and stabilize the people.