《南史·列传·卷六十二》
这班贵人都仗恃他们死去的祖宗炫耀门第而轻视我，我要是对他们恭谦，他们就更瞧不起我，因此我就要先瞧不起他们。 
诸贵皆恃枯骨见轻，我下之，则爲蔑尤甚。我是以先之。 
These nobles rely on their dead ancestors to show off their family history and look down on me. If I am humble to them, they will look down on me even more, so I will look down on them first.