《旧唐书·列传·卷十五》
有的是凭皇上贵戚的情份，于是升为高官；有的是皇上念及共过患难，就承蒙做了亲近的侍从。
或情缘右戚，遂陟台阶；或顾想披荆，便蒙夜拜。
Some have risen to high office through the favour of the Imperial kindred; some have been favoured with the intimacy of personal attendants because the Emperor has remembered their companionship in adversity.